turnip
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We make a salad out of turnip sprouts.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2023
So what took the turnip off "good men's tables"? Historians Frances Dolan and Mark Overton point to animal feed and crop rotations.
From Salon • Mar. 30, 2023
Mom’s Kitchen, located in the once-safe neighborhood where Norris grew up, is a casual place serving baked chicken, turnip greens and candied sweet potatoes.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2023
"Now they're just squeezing us so hard, like blood out of a turnip."
From BBC • Dec. 2, 2022
“Why, sure you can, my son, my darling. You’re grown great as I knew you would. Open the table drawer and then make use of that turnip you call your head.”
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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