Meanings
plural Swedish turnips
- swede; rutabaga (Brassica napus var. napobrassica)
Heavens! what attention he bestowed on the growth of his grey pease! how eloquent he could be on the merits of Swedish turnips! and a new drill, or a patent thrashing machine, deprived him of sleep for a week.
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 106
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root
nounthe large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Cite this entry
Swedish turnip. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Swedish%20turnip
“Swedish turnip.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Swedish%20turnip. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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