white turnip
Americannoun
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Tender freshwater shrimp garnished with cream and rose leaves, devilled barley pearls in acorn purée, apple and carrot chews, marinated cabbage stalks steeped in creamed white turnip with nutmeg.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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Carrots and some grated white turnip to make it pretty.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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Put in a muslin bag one onion, one small white turnip, a few green celery leaves, three sprigs each of sweet marjoram and summer savory, four cloves and twelve allspice.
From Miss Parloa's New Cook Book by Parloa, Maria
The composition of the radish indicates a nutritive value less than that of the white turnip.
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
They look like an old-fashioned white turnip, and they float under the water, and when a ship strikes one it blows up.
From Seeing Things at Night by Broun, Heywood
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