white turnip

American  

noun

1. the turnip, Brassica rapa.

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white turnip

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

Carrots and some grated white turnip to make it pretty.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata

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 Heywood Broun

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 Maria Parloa

Vegetable Hash.—With one quart finely sliced potato, chop one carrot, one red beet, one white turnip, all boiled, also one or two stalks of celery.

From Science in the Kitchen. by Mrs. E. E. Kellogg

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