prairie turnip

American  

noun

1. breadroot.

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prairie turnip British  

noun

1. another name for breadroot

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Etymology

Origin of prairie turnip

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

Example Sentences

In late summer, we’d harvest chokecherries and timpsula, a wild prairie turnip, and pick juniper berries off the prickly trees.

From New York Times

The professors and Sitzman, Furlich and Matz followed that up with more thorough research toward defining the antioxidant and pathogen-fighting qualities of the prairie turnip.

From Washington Times

Pale purple coneflowers, porcupine grass, prairie turnip and other native plants, along with pollinating insects and creatures in the soil, survive in places like this.

From Washington Times

I have often seated myself, squatting down on a robe spread for me, to a fine joint of buffalo ribs, admirably roasted; with, perhaps, a pudding-like paste of the prairie turnip, flavoured with buffalo berries.

From Project Gutenberg

These being scarce, the chief food of the settlers for all that summer through was the "Prairie turnip."

From Project Gutenberg