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TURNIP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Root of any of several members of the mustard family
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("turnip" is a kind of...):
root vegetable (any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers)
cruciferous vegetable (a vegetable of the mustard family: especially mustard greens; various cabbages; broccoli; cauliflower; brussels sprouts)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "turnip"):
white turnip (white root of a turnip plant)
rutabaga; swede; swedish turnip; yellow turnip (the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food)
Holonyms ("turnip" is a part of...):
turnip plant (any of several widely cultivated plants having edible roots)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root
Synonyms:
Brassica rapa; turnip; white turnip
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("turnip" is a kind of...):
turnip plant (any of several widely cultivated plants having edible roots)
Meronyms (parts of "turnip"):
white turnip (white root of a turnip plant)
turnip greens (tender leaves of young white turnips)
Holonyms ("turnip" is a member of...):
Brassica; genus Brassica (mustards: cabbages; cauliflowers; turnips; etc.)
Context examples:
When the brother heard of all this, and how a turnip had made the gardener so rich, he envied him sorely, and bethought himself how he could contrive to get the same good fortune for himself.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
However, he determined to manage more cleverly than his brother, and got together a rich present of gold and fine horses for the king; and thought he must have a much larger gift in return; for if his brother had received so much for only a turnip, what must his present be worth?
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
The king took the gift very graciously, and said he knew not what to give in return more valuable and wonderful than the great turnip; so the soldier was forced to put it into a cart, and drag it home with him.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
