turnip

About all he can tell us of daily life in the 16th century is that Muscovites loved turnip pie, had few chairs, and that glass was not to be had.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

In gatherings, they savored rice cakes and turnip cakes, with children receiving cash-stuffed red envelopes as blessings from their married relatives.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2024

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

This is why the following vegetables, which belong to the brassica family, have different tastes: broccoli, cabbage, kale, swede, wasabi, horseradish, turnip, rocket, watercress, cauliflower and mustard.

From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2022

She lay on her back and ate another turnip.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

In the 19th century, children gobbled chiles and mutton and turnips and jellied pig’s brain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

Yes, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Arnold Palmer tucked in a bib and tucked into the haggis, accompanied by neeps and tatties, cute Scottish names for turnips and potatoes, mashed and buttered.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025

One field had already been too wet to drill and plant the normal winter crop after the autumn's heavy rainfall; the second had stubble turnips planted, which a neighbour's sheep grazed.

From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2024

We also had a garden that produced most of the seasonal vegetables, legumes, potatoes and turnips, wheat, corn and fruits.

From Salon ● May 26, 2023

There were rows with tall turnips and carrots and cabbages growing from neat rows in the dirt.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova