Turnip vs. Rutabaga

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.

Rutabaganoun

the swede, or Swedish turnip; the European plant Brassica napus var. napobrassica

Rutabaganoun

the edible root of this plant

Rutabaganoun

the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food

Rutabaganoun

a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root

Rutabaga

Rutabaga (; North American English) or swede (British English and some Commonwealth English) is a root vegetable, a form of Brassica napus (which also includes rapeseed). Other names include Swedish turnip, neep (Scottish) and turnip (Canadian English, Northern English, Irish English and Cornish English) – however, elsewhere the name usually refers to the related white turnip.