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/swˈidɪʃ tˈərnəp/ Listen

Swedish turnip

noun

A cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root. Synonyms: Brassica napus napobrassica, rutabaga, rutabaga plant, swede, turnip cabbage.

The large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food. Synonyms: rutabaga, swede, yellow turnip.

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... crossed seedlings must have been, for it cannot be doubted that heavy and fine seeds tend to yield the finest plants. Mr. Galton has shown that this holds good with Lathyrus odoratus; as has Mr. A.J. Wilson with the Swedish turnip, Brassica campestris ruta baga. Mr. Wilson separated the largest and smallest seeds of this latter plant, the ratio between the weights of the two lots being as 100 to 59, and he found that the seedlings "from the larger seeds ...

— The Effects of Cross & Self-Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom • Charles Darwin

... pudding, (ground,) Rice pudding, (plain,) Rice pudding, (plum,) Rice milk Rice milk, (ground,) Ringworms, remedy for, Rock-fish, to boil, Rock-fish, to pickle, Rolls, (common,) Rolls, (French,) Rose brandy Rhubarb jam Rose cordial Rose vinegar Rusk Russian or Swedish turnip, to boil, Rye ...

— Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches • Eliza Leslie

Words linked to "Swedish turnip" : turnip, genus Brassica, Brassica, turnip plant