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Noun: swedish turnip
  1. The large yellow root of a swede plant used as food
    "She added diced swedish turnip to the stew for extra flavour";
    - rutabaga [N. Amer], swede [Brit], yellow turnip
Noun: Swedish turnip
  1. A vegetable plant of the cabbage family with a large, round, yellow-fleshed edible root
    "Swedish turnip needs a long growing season and cool weather";
    - rutabaga [N. Amer], turnip cabbage, swede [Brit], rutabaga plant [N. Amer], Brassica napus napobrassica

Derived forms: Swedish turnips, swedish turnips

Type of: neep [UK, dialect], turnip, turnip plant

Part of: Brassica, genus Brassica

Encyclopedia: Swedish turnip