turnips

Purplish white roots

Turnips are round root vegetables with white or cream-colored flesh and a slightly bitter, peppery taste.

They grow quickly and store well, making them a traditional cool-weather crop.

The leafy greens are also edible: turnip greens.

Rutabagas are sometimes called Swedish turnips or yellow turnips.

She roasted turnips with the other root vegetables.

brassica

cabbage

Leafy vegetable head

Brussels sprouts · collards · mustard greens · bok choy · rapini · arugula · watercress · cruciferous · bitter greens

farming

harvest

Gathering mature crops

horticulture · agriculture · tillage · plowing · germination · irrigation · fertilization · compost · garden · allotment

culinary

roasted

Cooked uncovered with heat

pickled · stew · soup · puree · gratin · sautéed · boiled · fermented · side-dish · pot roast

Categories
Opposites
root vegetable type

turnipspotatoes

Edible underground tubers

beets · carrots · parsnips · rutabagas · radishes

vegetable desirability

turnipstruffles

Expensive edible fungi

asparagus · artichokes · delicacies

plant part eaten

turnipsleafy greens

Edible plant foliage

lettuce · spinach · fruits · tomatoes · broccoli

Phrases
Family

turnip

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