Results for turnip

Definitions of turnip:

part of speech: noun

A field or garden- plant of several species and varieties, much cultivated for its large round bulb, used as an accessary of diet by man, but principally for the feeding of cattle.

part of speech: noun

A plant having a solid bulbous root used as food.

Usage examples for turnip:

• We cleared new ground, sowed turnip seed, dragged it in and raised some very large nice turnips. "The Bark Covered House or, Back in the Woods Again", William Nowlin

• Gerald was reminded that since Christmas Ceccherelli had been wearing, instead of his silver turnip a fine gold watch, her overt gift and his frank boast, which he conspicuously extracted from its chamois- skin case every time he needed to know the hour. "Aurora the Magnificent", Gertrude Hall

• Tim, you are a turnip hoer! "Corporal Cameron", Ralph Connor

• When I shall have reaped my crop, I purpose to hoe it again, and harrow it fine, and then sow it with turnip seed, which will mellow and prepare it for next year. "A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson", Watkin Tench