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TURNIP CABBAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem of the kohlrabi plant
Synonyms:
kohlrabi; turnip cabbage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("turnip cabbage" is a kind of...):
cruciferous vegetable (a vegetable of the mustard family: especially mustard greens; various cabbages; broccoli; cauliflower; brussels sprouts)
Holonyms ("turnip cabbage" is a part of...):
Brassica oleracea gongylodes; kohlrabi (plant cultivated for its enlarged fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root
Synonyms:
Brassica napus napobrassica; rutabaga; rutabaga plant; swede; Swedish turnip; turnip cabbage
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("turnip cabbage" is a kind of...):
turnip plant (any of several widely cultivated plants having edible roots)
Meronyms (parts of "turnip cabbage"):
rutabaga; swede; swedish turnip; yellow turnip (the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food)
Holonyms ("turnip cabbage" is a member of...):
Brassica; genus Brassica (mustards: cabbages; cauliflowers; turnips; etc.)
