turnips

/T ER1 N AH0 P S/
noun
  1. 1

    The white root of a yellow-flowered plant, Brassica rapa, grown as a vegetable and as fodder for cattle.

  2. 2

    The yellow root of a related plant, the swede or Brassica napus.

  3. 3

    A large, heavy pocket watch, so called because its profile resembled the vegetable.

verb
  1. 1

    To plant with turnips.

  2. 2

    To feed or graze (livestock) on turnips.

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