Turnip \Tur"nip\, n. [OE. turnep; probably fr. turn, or F. tour
a turn, turning lathe + OE. nepe a turnip, AS. n[=ae]pe, L.
napus. Cf. Turn,v. t., Navew.]
(Bot.)
The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a
cruciferous plant (Brassica campestris, var. Napus);
also, the plant itself. [Formerly written also turnep.]
Swedish turnip (Bot.), a kind of turnip. See Ruta-baga.
Turnip flea (Zo["o]l.), a small flea-beetle (Haltica, or
Phyllotreta, striolata), which feeds upon the turnip, and
often seriously injures it. It is black with a stripe of
yellow on each elytron. The name is also applied to
several other small insects which are injurious to
turnips. See Illust. under Flea-beetle.
Turnip fly. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The turnip flea.
(b) A two-winged fly (Anthomyia radicum) whose larv[ae]
live in the turnip root.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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