KOHLRABI is a variety of cabbage having a turnip-shaped stem. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 2: Milk, Butter and Cheese; Eggs; Vegetables] Reference
Peel turnip-shaped globe; cut into small pieces; cover with boiling water and boil until tender, 30 to 35 minutes. From Wordnik.com. [The New Dr. Price Cookbook] Reference
The creature was lying on the floor, with a turnip-shaped thing over its head, tubes trailing from it to an opened cabinet in the wall. From Wordnik.com. [The Worshippers] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 38] Reference
From the fresh plant, choosing a large Spanish Radish, with a turnip-shaped root, and a black outer skin, and collected in the autumn, a medicinal tincture (H.) is made with spirit of wine. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Jicama: a sign of changing culinary seasons in Mexico] Reference
"If you wouldn't mind accepting it," said Josiah, pulling out his fine old turnip-shaped time-piece, "as a memento of our friendship -- which, though brief, has I trust been sincere -- it would give me great pleasure.". From Wordnik.com. [Tales from Many Sources Vol. V] Reference
As an awn from a bearded head of barley will win its disputed way up one's sleeve, and gain a point in advance despite all effort to stop or expel it, so did every resolution, every reflection, counteract the very purpose it was summoned to oppose, and to my sorrow I would taste the drastic, turnip-shaped corm wherever opportunity occurred. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86] Reference
There is a variety of this in which the root becomes turnip-shaped and large. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Household Management] Reference
Another podding radish, Munchen Bier (55 days), also produces a large, white, turnip-shaped root when planted late in the summer. From Wordnik.com. [Christian Science Monitor | All Stories] Reference
"He speaks tamned nonsense," said the Captain, pulling out a huge, old-fashioned, turnip-shaped implement, with a blackened silver dial-plate. From Wordnik.com. [St. Ronan's Well] Reference
A turnip-shaped canteen; the only opening being a small hole in the top of the handle, which arises from the top in the form of a semicircular loop. From Wordnik.com. [Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Indians of New Mexico in 1880 Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 429-466] Reference
From her stomacher, to which it was attached by a multitude of glittering steel chains, depended an immense turnip-shaped watch, in a pinchbeck case. From Wordnik.com. [Jack Sheppard A Romance] Reference
Now, impugning that old steady, turnip-shaped watch of the squire's was one of the insults which, as it could not reasonably be resented, was not to be forgiven. From Wordnik.com. [Wives and Daughters] Reference
The name, kabutsuchi, supports this theory, kabu being the term for "turnip," which is also found in kabuya, a humming arrow having a turnip-shaped head perforated with holes. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era] Reference
One by one they began to draw out turnip-shaped watches from their fobs, and having first held the case to their ears to make sure that there was no deception, the dial was examined, and with a casual, "Guid nicht to ye -- the goodwife will be waitin '," the members of the town council and other municipal dignitaries strolled off each to his own house. From Wordnik.com. [Patsy] Reference
A huge, old-fashioned, turnip-shaped implement, with a blackened silver dial-plate. From Wordnik.com. [Saint Ronan's Well] Reference
The roots are large, fleshy and turnip-shaped. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 9] Reference
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