Definition of Turip
Tur"nip (?), n. [OE. turnep; probably
fr. turn, or F. tour a turn, turning lathe + OE. nepe
a turnip, AS. n&aemacr;pe, L. napus. Cf.
Turn,v. t., Navew.] (Bot.) The
edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a cruciferous plant
(Brassica campestris, var. Napus); also, the plant
itself. [Formerly written also turnep.]
Swedish turnip (Bot.), a kind of turnip.
See Ruta-baga. -- Turnip flea
(Zoöl.), a small flea-beetle (Haltica, or Phyllotreta,
striolata), which feeds upon the turnip, and often seriously injures
it. It is black with a stripe of yellow on each elytron. The name is also
applied to several other small insects which are injurious to turnips. See
Illust. under Flea-beetle. -- Turnip
fly. (Zoöl.) (a) The turnip
flea. (b) A two-winged fly (Anthomyia
radicum) whose larvæ live in the turnip root.
Tur"nip (?), n. [OE. turnep; probably
fr. turn, or F. tour a turn, turning lathe + OE. nepe
a turnip, AS. n&aemacr;pe, L. napus. Cf.
Turn,v. t., Navew.] (Bot.) The
edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a cruciferous plant
(Brassica campestris, var. Napus); also, the plant
itself. [Formerly written also turnep.]
Swedish turnip (Bot.), a kind of turnip.
See Ruta-baga. -- Turnip flea
(Zoöl.), a small flea-beetle (Haltica, or Phyllotreta,
striolata), which feeds upon the turnip, and often seriously injures
it. It is black with a stripe of yellow on each elytron. The name is also
applied to several other small insects which are injurious to turnips. See
Illust. under Flea-beetle. -- Turnip
fly. (Zoöl.) (a) The turnip
flea. (b) A two-winged fly (Anthomyia
radicum) whose larvæ live in the turnip root.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A vegetable of with edible roots and greens.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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