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• n  widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root
• n  root of any of several members of the mustard family

• On Thursdays, crowds pack the place for Valle's raspebal lpotato-and-flour balls served with turnip mashbut weekends are the busiest, when both locals and tourists turn up for .
• The trend has spread quickly from restaurant kitchens to amateur cooks, and local markets are now stocking such heirloom vegetables as swedes (a kind of turnip with a yellowish .
• If a turnip-grower could issue money he might say: "Here is a piece of paper good for one turnip.

• white turnip
• Brassica rapa

News & Articles

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• Iman Shumpert's summer camp is all about root vegetables
  Oh, Autocorrect, how I love you: My White Plains Camp Starts Today! #turnip — Iman Shumpert (@I_Am_Iman) June 24, 2013 That's just day one of Iman Shumpert's camp, though . Day Two: #yam. Day Three: #rutabaga. Day Four: #JICAMA.
  June 24, 2013 - SB Nation
• Gumbo D’Herbes
  2 quarts mixed greens — mustard, turnip, beet, spinach Hot water 2 tablespoon bacon drippings 1 tablespoon flour 1 cup finely chopped onion 2 cups seafood or chopped meat 2 1/2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon black pepper Filé  
  June 21, 2013 - The Daily Iberian
• ‘Violent attack’ led to death of man found in his home
  With his wife out of town, a Douglas County man was cooking himself turnip greens moments before he was brutally killed in his home.
  June 21, 2013 - Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Quotes

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• Don Nelson in San Francisco Chronicle
  I thought I could get this team in the playoffs and it doesn't look like I'm going to be able to do it,Nelson said after a 113-83 waxing by the Bulls. "But that's the way it is. You can't get blood out of a turnip. You can't beat a dead...
• Bill Lockyer in CBS News
  The deal will allow California to "squeeze justice from this corporate turnip," Lockyer said. "All things considered, this is a good resolution for the state's ratepayers."
• Edward Greenspan in Canada.com
  They did not fall off the turnip truck yesterday, and neither did you,Greenspan told the jury. "These three have not made such illustrious careers by missing details."