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TURNIP PLANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several widely cultivated plants having edible roots
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("turnip plant" is a kind of...):
crucifer; cruciferous plant (any of various plants of the family Cruciferae)
Meronyms (parts of "turnip plant"):
turnip (root of any of several members of the mustard family)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "turnip plant"):
Brassica rapa; turnip; white turnip (widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root)
Brassica napus napobrassica; rutabaga; rutabaga plant; swede; Swedish turnip; turnip cabbage (a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root)