turnip plant

/ˌtʌrnəp plænt/
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Other forms: turnip plants

Definitions of turnip plant
  1. noun
    any of several widely cultivated plants having edible roots
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    types:
    Brassica rapa, turnip, white turnip
    widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root
    Brassica napus napobrassica, Swedish turnip, rutabaga, rutabaga plant, swede, turnip cabbage
    a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root
    type of:
    crucifer, cruciferous plant
    any of various plants of the family Cruciferae
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