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Meanings of
neep
in English
Russian
брюква
Portuguese
nabo
Spanish
brassica napobrassica
Catalan
brassica napobrassica
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Subspecies of plant.
swede
turnip
rutabaga
brassica napus subsp. rapifera
brassica campestris var. napobrassica
white turnip
summer turnip
Related terms
taxon
Russian
брюква
Root vegetable.
parsnip
Related terms
root vegetable
Usage of
neep
in English
1
The only odds is, that we ken that we dinna ken, and the
neep
-seed
kens nothing at all aboot it.
2
Just after the sun sets and the bushes bloom with bugs, you will see bats flitter, silhouetted as they
neep
.
3
We ken no more, Maister Sutherlan', what we're growin' till, than that
neep
-
seed
there kens what a
neep
is, though a
neep
it will be.
4
Think of our back garden, with our own
'
neeps
'
and vegetable marrows growing in it!
5
We could do without the
neeps
.
6
He's let Heatherbell intill the
neeps
.
7
Apples, onions,
neeps
,
carrots... there's a long winter ahead for all of us, and our stores are not inexhaustible.
8
In Ireland, the chunky, purple and orange root vegetables are commonly known as turnips, and in Scotland they are
neeps
.
9
But, again, to advance a step further, there are, as the landlady of the inn remarked,
"
neeps
intilt."
10
"Robin Fordyce," says the old lady severely, "what garred ye loose Heatherbell in among the
neeps
.
11
"It's wild boar," the woman said, "well peppered, and served with onions, mushrooms, and mashed
neeps
.
"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
Translations for
neep
Russian
брюква
brassica napobrassica
кормовая репа
brassica rapa subsp. rapa
калега
brassica rapa subsp. rapifera
турнепс
brassica rapa ssp. rapifera
brassica rapa ssp. rapa
Portuguese
nabo
rutabaga
Spanish
brassica napobrassica
nabo
brassica rapa subsp. rapa
brassica napus subsp rapifera
brassica napus subsp. rapifera
brassica napus subsp. napobrassica
brassica napus subsp napobrassica
navicol
Catalan
brassica napobrassica
colinap
brassica oleracea var. napobrassica
nap
rutabaga
Neep
through the time