turnep

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A form of turnip — The white root of a yellow-flowered plant, Brassica rapa, grown as a vegetable and as fodder for cattle.

Scrabble 8

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nounturnep (plural turneps)

plural turneps

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of turnip.

    There are men, whose good sense and discernment have shewn this matter to them in its true light, and who are fully aware that the “proof” of their turnep crop depends more on its “thightness” than on the size of the plant.

    1795, William Marshall, The Rural Economy of Norfolk, page 271

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