— turniplike , adj.
/terr"nip/ , n.
1. the thick, fleshy, edible root of either of two plants of the mustard family, the white-fleshed Brassica rapa rapifera or the yellow-fleshed rutabaga.
2. the plant itself.
3. the root of this plant used as a vegetable.
[ 1525-35; earlier turnep ( e ), equiv. to TURN (with reference to its neatly rounded shape) + nepe NEEP ]