The Collaborative International Dictionary
Turnip \Tur"nip\, n. [OE. turnep; probably fr. turn, or F. tour a turn, turning lathe + OE. nepe a turnip, AS. n[=ae]pe, L. napus. Cf. Turn,v. t., Navew.] (Bot.) The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a cruciferous plant ( Brassica campestris, var. Napus); also, the plant itself. [Formerly written also turnep.] Swedish turnip (Bot.), a kind of turnip. See Ruta-baga. Turnip flea (Zo["o]l.), a small flea-beetle ( Haltica, striolata syn. Phyllotreta striolata), which feeds upon the turnip, and often seriously injures it. It is black with a stripe of yellow on each elytron. The name is also applied to several other small insects which are injurious to turnips. See Illust. under Flea-beetle. Turnip fly. (Zo["o]l.)
The turnip flea.
A two-winged fly ( Anthomyia radicum) whose larv[ae] live in the turnip root.
Wiktionary
n. (obsolete form of turnip English)
Usage examples of "turnep".
I hope to zee it, sister, before the Hanover rats have eat up all our corn, and left us nothing but turneps to feed upon.
Your jargon of turneps and Hanover rats is to me perfectly unintelligible.
I hope to zee it, sister, before the Hanover rats have eat up all our corn, and left us nothing but turneps to feed upon.
Your jargon of turneps and Hanover rats is to me perfectly unintelligible.