Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Shaped like a turnip; napiform.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective shaped in the form of a turnip
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Examples
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Model stills are ubiquitous; little turnip-shaped things built of copper and mounted onto a varnished plank with miniature dollhouse campfires under their boilers.
CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010
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Model stills are ubiquitous; little turnip-shaped things built of copper and mounted onto a varnished plank with miniature dollhouse campfires under their boilers.
CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010
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Instead of classic, copper, turnip-shaped pot stills, they devised and built the black pot submarine still, a rough, slapdash job made from a couple of sheets of galvanized metal and some poplar planking.
CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010
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Instead of classic, copper, turnip-shaped pot stills, they devised and built the black pot submarine still, a rough, slapdash job made from a couple of sheets of galvanized metal and some poplar planking.
CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010
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Instead of classic, copper, turnip-shaped pot stills, they devised and built the black pot submarine still, a rough, slapdash job made from a couple of sheets of galvanized metal and some poplar planking.
CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010
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Model stills are ubiquitous; little turnip-shaped things built of copper and mounted onto a varnished plank with miniature dollhouse campfires under their boilers.
CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010
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The jicama (Pachyrizus erosus) is a tuberous legume grown for its turnip-shaped roots, which can grow to a weight of fifty pounds, although those found in the markets average from three to five pounds.
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The jicama (Pachyrizus erosus) is a tuberous legume grown for its turnip-shaped roots, which can grow to a weight of fifty pounds, although those found in the markets average from three to five pounds.
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The jicama (Pachyrizus erosus) is a tuberous legume grown for its turnip-shaped roots, which can grow to a weight of fifty pounds, although those found in the markets average from three to five pounds.
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Tuberous roots, frequently turnip-shaped, are borne at the base of the stem, and may be solitary or several, simple or compound; normally they are about 10-15 cm in diameter.
Chapter 38 1987
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