Turnip vs Beet - What's the difference?
turnip | beet |
The white root of a yellow-flowered plant, Brassica rapa , grown as a vegetable and as fodder for cattle.
(Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Atlantic Canada) The yellow root of a related plant, the swede or Brassica napus .
(singulare tantum, sometimes, definite) Beta vulgaris , a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
(countable) An individual plant (organism) of that species.
(countable) A swollen root of such a plant.
As nouns the difference between turnip and beet
is that turnip is the white root of a yellow-flowered plant, Brassica rapa, grown as a vegetable and as fodder for cattle while beet is Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.turnip
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (Brassica rapa) (summer turnip), swede (Ireland, Northern England, Scotland), tumshie (Scotland), white turnip (Cornwall, Scotland)Derived terms
* fall off the turnip truck * Swedish turnip * (turnip flea) * (turnip fly)See also
* rutabaga * swede * turnip greensReferences
beet
English
Noun
- The beet is a hardy species.
- They sell beets by the pound in the supermarket. All I want is the roots. Can I cut off the roots and buy them alone?
