The
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. Small, tender varieties are grown for human consumption, while larger varieties a ...
is a root vegetable.
Turnip or The Turnip may also refer to:
Other vegetables
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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 (Scots language, Scots), an ...
(yellow turnip, ''Brassica napus'', or ''B. napobrassica'')
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Pachyrhizus erosus
''Pachyrhizus erosus'', commonly known as ''jícama'' ( or ; ; from ) or Mexican turnip, is a native Mesoamerican vine, although the name ''jícama'' most commonly refers to the plant's edible tuberous root. It is in the pea family (Fabaceae ...
(Mexican turnip, yam bean, sweet turnip, jicama, or ''Pachyrhizus erosus'')
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Daikon
Daikon 大根 (だいこん) or mooli, (مولی) ''Raphanus sativus'' var. ''longipinnatus,'' is a mild-flavored winter radish usually characterized by fast-growing leaves and a long, white, root. Originally native to continental East Asia ...
(white radish, mooli, or ''Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus'')
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Kohlrabi
Kohlrabi (; pronounced in English; scientific name ''Brassica oleracea'' Gongylodes Group (horticulture), Group), also called German turnip or turnip cabbage, is a Biennial plant, biennial vegetable, a low, stout cultivar of wild cabbage. It is ...
(German turnip or turnip cabbage)
Other plants
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Jack-in-the-pulpit (bog onion, Indian turnip, or ''Arisaema triphyllum'') an unpalatable to toxic wild root of North America
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Prairie turnip
''Pediomelum esculentum'', synonym ''Psoralea esculenta'', common name prairie turnip or timpsila, is an herbaceous perennial plant native to prairies and dry woodlands of central North America, which bears a starchy tuberous root edible as a ro ...
(timpsila, breadroot, wild turnip, or ''Pediomelum esculentum'') a traditional wild root staple of the US plains
Arts and entertainment
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The Turnip", a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm
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Turnip Prize, a spoof prize recognising deliberately bad modern art
* Mr. Turnip, a character in the 1950s British television programme ''
Whirligig
A whirligig is an object that spins or whirls, or has at least one part that spins or whirls. It can also be a Pinwheel (toy), pinwheel, Top (toy), spinning top, buzzer, comic weathervane, gee-haw, spinner, whirlygig, whirlijig, whirlyjig, whirl ...
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Turnip (''Chrono Cross''), a playable character in the video game ''Chrono Cross''
Nickname
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Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend
Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, (; 18 April 167421 June 1738) was a British Whig statesman. From 1714 to 1717, and again from 1721 to 1730, he served as Secretary of State for the Northern Department . He directed British foreign po ...
(1674–1738), English politician nicknamed "Turnip" Townshend for promoting the cultivation of turnips
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Turnip Rock
Turnip Rock is a small geological formation in Michigan. It is a Stack (geology), stack located in Lake Huron, in shallow water a few yards offshore, near the rock called the Thumbnail which is the extreme tip of Pointe Aux Barques, a small penins ...
, Michigan, United States, a small geological formation
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