Turnip

n.

1.

(Bot.) The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a cruciferous plant (Brassica campestris, var. Napus); also, the plant itself. Swedish turnip (Bot.) a kind of turnip. See Ruta-baga. Turnip flea (Zool.) a small flea-beetle (Haltica, striolata syn. 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 a - (Zool.) The turnip flea. b - A two-winged fly (Anthomyia radicum) whose larvæ live in the turnip root.

Noun	1.	turnip - widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root Synonyms: Brassica rapa, white turnip
	2.	turnip - root of any of several members of the mustard family

Brassica, Brassica rapa, genus Brassica, turnip greens, turnip plant, white turnip