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Swedish turnip

Swedish turnip noun: swede; rutabaga (Brassica napus var. napobrassica).

Noun

Swedish turnip (plural Swedish turnips)

  1. swede; rutabaga (Brassica napus var. napobrassica)
    • Heavens! what attention he bestowed on the growth of his grey pease! how eloquent he could be on the merits of Swedish turnips! and a new drill, or a patent thrashing machine, deprived him of sleep for a week.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 106

Forms of Swedish turnip

pluralSwedish turnips

Questions about Swedish turnip

What does Swedish turnip mean?
Swedish turnip means swede; rutabaga (Brassica napus var. napobrassica).
What part of speech is Swedish turnip?
Swedish turnip is a noun.
What is the plural of Swedish turnip?
The plural of Swedish turnip is Swedish turnips.

Words near Swedish turnip in the dictionary

  1. Swedish rye bread
  2. Swedish Sign Language
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  4. Swedish torch
  5. Swedish torches
  6. Swedish turnip
  7. Swedish turnips
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  9. Swedish Vallhunds
  10. Swedish wrench
  11. Swedish wrenches

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