The turnip is a root vegetable.
Turnip or The Turnip may also refer to:
Other vegetables The term "turnip" usually refers to the white turnip (Brassica rapa subsp. rapa). In some English-speaking countries it can refer to: Rutabaga (yellow turnip, neep, swede, Brassica napus, or B. napobrassica) Pachyrhizus erosus (Mexican turnip, yam bean, sweet turnip, jícama) Daikon (white radish, mooli; Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus) Kohlrabi (German turnip or turnip cabbage; Brassica oleracea)
Other plants Jack-in-the-pulpit (bog onion, Indian turnip, or Arisaema triphyllum) an unpalatable to toxic wild root of North America Prairie turnip (timpsila, breadroot, wild turnip, or Pediomelum esculentum) a traditional wild root staple of the US plains
Arts and entertainment "The Turnip", a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm Turnip Prize, a spoof prize recognising deliberately bad modern art Mr. Turnip, a character in the 1950s British television programme Whirligig Turnip (Chrono Cross), a playable character in the video game Chrono Cross
Nickname Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (1674–1738), English politician nicknamed "Turnip" Townshend for promoting the cultivation of turnips
See also Turnip Rock, Michigan, United States, a small geological formation
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