nāpus — meaning in English

English meaning

• turnip noun A round white or pale root vegetable, related to the cabbage family, cooked and eaten as a vegetable.

Senses

nāpus is used for these senses in English:

• rapeseed The seed of the rape plant (Brassica napus), used widely for animal feed and vegetable oil.
• turnip The white root of a yellow-flowered plant, Brassica rapa, grown as a vegetable and as fodder for cattle.

turnip — full definition

1. noun A round white or pale root vegetable, related to the cabbage family, cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
2. noun Informal: something (or someone) considered dull or unintelligent.

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