Swedish turnip

American  

noun

1. rutabaga.

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Etymology

Origin of Swedish turnip

First recorded in 1800–10; so called because introduced into Great Britain from Sweden

Example Sentences

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Swedish turnip

This is, perhaps, the reason that it’s sometimes called a Swedish turnip or simply a swede.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 29, 2019

There is but little doubt that the nutritive matters contained in the Swedish turnip when the bulb is fresh are very crude.

From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Cameron, Charles Alexander, Sir

Next in order comes the introduction of new articles of food, containing a greater amount of sustenance, like the potato, or more productive species or varieties of the same plant, such as the Swedish turnip.

From Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy by Mill, John Stuart

The Swedish turnip is sown early in June.

From History of New Brunswick by Fisher, Peter

To the extreme right you might have beheld Vegetable Warren, the staff-surgeon, slightly exaggerated in the semblance of a South-Down wether nibbling at a gigantic Swedish turnip.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 by Various