turnip

Example Sentences

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Boonthom had noticed her packing the harvested fruit — a turnip variety Yo describes as a “cross between a potato and an apple” — and had been love-struck.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2023

At 26 years old, he unearthed for the first time one of the prairie's most prolific provisions: a wild turnip known as timpsila in the Lakota language.

From Salon • Aug. 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

It has now been discovered that this contained an ironmongers, which sold the working classes everything from spades and shovels to turnip cutters and candles.

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2022

Next to me, under the turnip sacks, Grover tensed.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan