Found 2 items, similar to Napus.
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Definition: napu
napu
n : chevrotain somewhat larger than the kanchil; found in India
and Malaya [syn:
Tragulus Javanicus]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Napus
Napus
\Na"pus\, n. [L.] (Bot.)
A kind of turnip. See
Navew.
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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.]
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Swedish turnip (Bot.), a kind of turnip. See
Ruta-baga.
Turnip flea (Zo["o]l.), a small flea-beetle (
Haltica, striolata
syn.
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.
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