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turnips

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Noun

turnips noun

  1. The white root of a yellow-flowered plant, Brassica rapa, grown as a vegetable and as fodder for cattle.
  2. The yellow root of a related plant, the swede or Brassica napus.
  3. A large, heavy pocket watch, so called because its profile resembled the vegetable.

Verb

turnips verb

  1. To plant with turnips.
  2. To feed or graze (livestock) on turnips.

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