Turnip vs. Radish

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.

Radishnoun

A plant of the Brassicaceae family, Raphanus sativus or Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, having an edible root.

Radishnoun

The root of this plant used as food. Some varieties are pungent and usually eaten raw in salads, etc., while others have a milder taste and are cooked.

Radishnoun

With a distinguishing word: some other plant of the Raphanus genus or Brassicaceae family.

Radishnoun

The pungent fleshy root of a well-known cruciferous plant (Raphanus sativus); also, the whole plant.

Radishnoun

pungent fleshy edible root

Radishnoun

pungent edible root of any of various cultivated radish plants

Radishnoun

Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its edible pungent root usually eaten raw

Radishnoun

a swollen pungent-tasting edible root, especially a variety which is small, spherical, and red, and eaten raw with salad.

Radishnoun

the plant of the cabbage family which yields the radish.

Radish

The radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus) is an edible root vegetable of the family Brassicaceae that was domesticated in Asia prior to Roman times.