turnip
English
Etymology
From Middle English turnepe, probably from turn + Middle English nepe, from Old English nǣp, from Latin nāpus.[1] The component turn may be due to the round shape of the plant as though turned on a lathe, or because it must be turned and twisted to be harvested. Cognate to neep. See also parsnip.
Pronunciation
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Noun
turnip (plural turnips)
- The white root of a yellow-flowered plant, Brassica rapa, grown as a vegetable and as fodder for cattle.
- (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, Cornwall, Atlantic Canada) The yellow root of a related plant, the swede or Brassica napus.
- (Hong Kong) The white root of Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus, also known as a daikon.[2]
- (dated) A large, heavy pocket watch, so called because its profile resembled the vegetable.
Synonyms
- (Brassica rapa): summer turnip, white turnip (Cornwall, Scotland)
- (Brassica napus): rutabaga (North America), swede (Ireland, Northern England, Scotland), tumshie (Scotland)
- (Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus): see daikon
Derived terms
- fall off the turnip truck
- Swedish turnip (Brassica napus)
- turnip watch
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Translations
white root of Brassica rapa
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yellow root of Brassica napus — see rutabaga
The white root of Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus — see daikon
large, head pocket watch
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Verb
turnip (third-person singular simple present turnips, present participle turniping or turnipping, simple past and past participle turniped or turnipped)
- (transitive) To plant with turnips.
- 1803, Agricultural Magazine (volume 9, page 32)
- This identical field has been turniped before, and to good account, in a favourable winter.
- 1803, Agricultural Magazine (volume 9, page 32)
- (transitive) To feed or graze (livestock) on turnips.
- 1869, Sheep: Their Breeds, Management, and Diseases (page 328)
- The Leicesters and half-breds are purchased by farmers who keep no breeding stock: they are well turniped during the winter, and clipped and fattened in the following season.
- 1898, John Wrightson, Sheep: Breeds and Management, page 86:
- This system of turniping is found to encourage the growth and muscular development of young stock.
- 1869, Sheep: Their Breeds, Management, and Diseases (page 328)
References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “turnip”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ Cummings, Patrick J., and Hans-Georg Wolf. A Dictionary of Hong Kong English: Words from the Fragrant Harbor (p. 178). 1st ed., Hong Kong University Press, 2011.
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