Turnip (disambiguation)
Appearance
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The turnip is a root vegetable.
Turnip or The Turnip may also refer to:
Other vegetables
[edit]- Rutabaga (yellow turnip, Brassica napus, or B. napobrassica)
- Pachyrhizus erosus (Mexican turnip, yam bean, sweet turnip, jicama, or Pachyrhizus erosus)
- Daikon (white radish, mooli, or Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus)
- Kohlrabi (German turnip or turnip cabbage)
Arts and entertainment
[edit]- "The Turnip", a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm
- Turnip Prize, a spoof prize recognising deliberately bad modern art
- Mr. Turnip, a character in the 1950s British television programme Whirligig
- Turnip (Chrono Cross), a playable character in the video game Chrono Cross
Nickname
[edit]- Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (1674–1738), English politician nicknamed "Turnip" Townshend for promoting the cultivation of turnips
See also
[edit]- Turnip Rock, Michigan, United States, a small geological formation