A cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root.
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As spring approached, Swedish turnips, when cheap, were substituted for yellow turnips.
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For mere milk-dairies, it is not quite so valuable, probably, as the Swedish turnip.
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The only vegetables, however, were some small Swedish turnips, which we got by favour.
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Wilson with the Swedish turnip, Brassica campestris ruta baga.
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In fact, another name for the rutabaga is Swedish turnip, or "Swede" for short.
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With respect to the origin of the Swedish turnip, see Darwin, 'Animals and Plants under Domestication,' 2nd edit.
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Root-Crops.-Experimentsupon root-crops-chiefly white turnips, Swedish turnips (swedes) and mangels-have resulted in the establishment of the following conclusions.
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The seed of ruta-baga, or Swedish turnips, should be planted earliest-fromthe twentieth of June to the tenth of July in our latitude.
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Or rutabaga if you're American, being a corruption of the Swedish name and part of the reason some people call it a Swedish turnip.