turnip


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Synonyms for turnip

widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root

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The king took the gift very graciously, and said he knew not what to give in return more valuable and wonderful than the great turnip; so the soldier was forced to put it into a cart, and drag it home with him.
The poor man thought he would try to better himself; so, pulling off his red coat, he became a gardener, and dug his ground well, and sowed turnips.
When the seed came up, there was one plant bigger than all the rest; and it kept getting larger and larger, and seemed as if it would never cease growing; so that it might have been called the prince of turnips for there never was such a one seen before, and never will again.
MeCaskey, and hurled a stewpan full of bacon and turnips at her lord.
McCaskey was scooping turnips out of his vest with a crooked forefinger, and his lady was wiping an eye that the salt of the roast pork had not benefited.
"'Twas hasty puddin', as ye say," said her husband, "and hurry-up turnips and get-a-move-on-ye coffee.
5 To serve, first place the mash and confit turnip on the plate before topping with the haggis and finally the beef sauce.
Summary: The Health Ministry Monday published a list of seven institutions found to have produced pickled turnips contaminated with a banned, potentially cancer-causing substance.
Roast veg Roast celeriac, carrots, turnip and parsnips in the same oven with salt pepper oil and the honey.
The turnip (Brassica rapa) is a cruciferous root vegetable in the mustard family, along with cauliflower, cabbage, and Brussels sprouts.
First stop was the fruit shop for that turnip and some overlyripe bananas for their pudding.
The first experiment consisted of monocultures of wheat, ryegrass and turnip to determine the plant population to be established in vases, based on the "Law of the Constant Final Yield" (Radosevich et al., 2007).
Key words: Turnip (Brassica rapa L), Organic manures (FYM, PM, GM, PrM, SS), Inorganic fertilizers (NPK), Growth parameters, Yield.