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turnips

[tur-nip] Origin

tur·nip

[tur-nip]
noun
1.
the thick, fleshy, edible root of either of two plants of the mustard family, the white-fleshed Brassica rapa rapifera or the yellow-fleshed rutabaga.
2.
the plant itself.
3.
the root of this plant used as a vegetable.

Origin:
1525–35; earlier turnep(e), equivalent to turn (with reference to its neatly rounded shape) + nepe neep

tur·nip·like, adjective
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Word Origin & History

turnip
1533, turnepe, probably from turn (from its shape, as though turned on a lathe) + M.E. nepe "turnip," from O.E. næp, from L. napus "turnip." The modern form of the word emerged late 18c.
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