资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Swedish \Swed"ish\, a. [Cf. G. schwedisch, Sw. svensk.]
   Of or pertaining to Sweden or its inhabitants.

   {Swedish turnip}. (Bot.) See under {Turnip}.

Turnip \Tur"nip\, n. [OE. turnep; probably fr. turn, or F. tour
   a turn, turning lathe + OE. nepe a turnip, AS. n[=ae]pe, L.
   napus. Cf. {Turn},v. t., {Navew}.] (Bot.)
   The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a
   cruciferous plant ({Brassica campestris}, var. {Napus});
   also, the plant itself. [Formerly written also {turnep}.]

   {Swedish turnip} (Bot.), a kind of turnip. See {Ruta-baga}.
      

   {Turnip flea} (Zo["o]l.), a small flea-beetle ({Haltica, or
      Phyllotreta, striolata}), which feeds upon the turnip, and
      often seriously injures it. It is black with a stripe of
      yellow on each elytron. The name is also applied to
      several other small insects which are injurious to
      turnips. See Illust. under {Flea-beetle}.

   {Turnip fly}. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) The turnip flea.
   (b) A two-winged fly ({Anthomyia radicum}) whose larv[ae]
       live in the turnip root.

资料来源 : WordNet®

Swedish turnip
     n 1: a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root
          [syn: {rutabaga}, {turnip cabbage}, {swede}, {rutabaga
          plant}, {Brassica napus napobrassica}]
     2: the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food [syn:
         {rutabaga}, {swede}, {yellow turnip}]