turnip

/'tə:nip/

Thân thiện

A farmer pulls a large turnip from the rich brown soil.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A root vegetable: A turnip is the large, round, fleshy root of a plant (Brassica rapa) that is typically white or yellow and is eaten as a vegetable.
   • The plant itself: A turnip is also the widely cultivated plant from the mustard family that produces this edible root.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • We harvested turnips from the garden. (We collected the root vegetables from the garden.)
  • The field was planted with turnip. (The field was sown with the turnip plant.)

Advanced Usage

• "to not know someone from a turnip": To be completely unable to recognize or identify someone.
  • I haven't seen him in twenty years; I wouldn't know him from a turnip. (I haven't seen him in twenty years and would not recognize him at all.)

Variants and Related Words

• Turnip greens (noun phrase): The edible leafy green tops of the turnip plant.
  • She cooked the turnip greens with garlic.

Synonyms

• Root vegetable: A general term for vegetables grown for their edible roots, such as carrots or beets.
• Brassica rapa: The scientific name for the turnip plant.

Related Phrases

• "as common as a turnip": Very ordinary or unremarkable.
  • His manners were as common as a turnip. (His manners were very plain and unrefined.)

Học thuật

Noun

1. root of any of several members of the mustard family
2. widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root

Từ đồng nghĩa

• white turnip
• Brassica rapa