Толковый словарь английского языка - turnip
Turnip
turnip
noun Etymology: Middle English turnepe, probably from turnen to turn + nepe neep; from the well-rounded root Date: 1533 1. either of two biennial herbs of the mustard family with thick edible roots:, one (Brassica rapa rapifera) with globular often flattened roots and leaves that are cooked as a vegetable, rutabaga , the root of a ~, a large pocket watch
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n. 1 a cruciferous plant, Brassica rapa, with a large white globular root and sprouting leaves. 2 this root used as a vegetable. 3 a large thick old-fashioned watch. Phrases and idioms turnip-top the leaves of the turnip eaten as a vegetable. Derivatives turnipy adj. Etymology: earlier turnep(e) f. neep f. L napus: first element of uncert. orig. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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