Turnip vs. Parsnip

Turnipnoun

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

Turnipnoun

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

Turnipnoun

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

Turnipverb

(transitive) To plant with turnips.

Turnipverb

(transitive) To feed or graze (livestock) on turnips.

Turnipnoun

The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a cruciferous plant (Brassica campestris, var. Napus); also, the plant itself.

Turnipnoun

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

Turnipnoun

root of any of several members of the mustard family

Turnipnoun

a round root with white or cream flesh which is eaten as a vegetable and also has edible leaves.

Turnipnoun

a root that is similar or related to the turnip, especially a swede.

Turnipnoun

the European plant of the cabbage family which produces the turnip.

Turnipnoun

a large, thick, old-fashioned watch.

Turnip

The turnip or white turnip (Brassica rapa subsp. rapa) is a root vegetable commonly grown in temperate climates worldwide for its white, fleshy taproot.

Parsnipnoun

A biennial plant, Pastinaca sativa, related to the carrot.

Parsnipnoun

The root of the parsnip, when used as a vegetable.

Parsnipnoun

The aromatic and edible spindle-shaped root of the cultivated form of the Pastinaca sativa, a biennial umbelliferous plant which is very poisonous in its wild state; also, the plant itself.

Parsnipnoun

the whitish root of cultivated parsnip

Parsnipnoun

a strong-scented plant cultivated for its edible root

Parsnipnoun

whitish edible root; eaten cooked

Parsnipnoun

a long tapering cream-coloured root vegetable with a sweet flavour

Parsnipnoun

the Eurasian plant of the parsley family which yields parsnips.

Parsnip

The parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) is a root vegetable closely related to carrot and parsley, all belonging to the flowering plant family Apiaceae. It is a biennial plant usually grown as an annual.