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• n  widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root

• turnip
• white turnip
• Brassica rapa

News & Articles

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• University of Louisiana among NASA Cargo Launching to Space Station
  When the SpaceX-3 cargo resupply mission launched to the International Space Station April 18, an experiment designed by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette was among the cargo headed to space. The experiment, Biotube-MICRO, investigates the potential for magnetic fields to orient plant roots as they grow in microgravity. Brassica rapa seedlings will be grown on the space station in the ...
  April 21, 2014 - KATC 3 Lafayette