Swedish turnip

English

Noun

Swedish turnip (plural Swedish turnips)

  1. swede; rutabaga (Brassica napus var. napobrassica)
    • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 106:
      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.

Translations
Brassica napus var. napobrassica — see rutabaga
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