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TURNIP PLANT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of several widely cultivated plants having edible roots

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("turnip plant" is a kind of...):

crucifer; cruciferous plant (any of various plants of the family Cruciferae)

Meronyms (parts of "turnip plant"):

turnip (root of any of several members of the mustard family)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "turnip plant"):

Brassica rapa; turnip; white turnip (widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root)

Brassica napus napobrassica; rutabaga; rutabaga plant; swede; Swedish turnip; turnip cabbage (a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root)

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