Editing Turnip (section)

{{Short description|Type of root vegetable}}
{{For|the nomenclature of turnips|Turnip (terminology)}}
{{Hatnote|''Brassica rapa rapa'' redirects here: [[Rapini]] is in the same subspecies.}}
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{{Infraspeciesbox
| name = Turnip
| image = Turnip 2622027.jpg
| image_caption = Turnip roots
| genus = Brassica
| species = rapa
| varietas = rapa
| authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]|
}}

The '''turnip''' or '''white turnip''' (''[[Brassica rapa]]'' subsp. ''rapa'') is a [[root vegetable]] commonly grown in [[temperate climate]]s worldwide for its white, fleshy [[taproot]]. Small, tender varieties are grown for human consumption, while larger varieties are grown as [[fodder|feed]] for [[livestock]]. The name ''turnip'' {{ndash}} used in many regions {{ndash}} may also be used to refer to [[rutabaga]] (or ''neep'' or ''swede''), which is a different but related vegetable.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2010/jan/25/neeps-swede-or-turnip | work=The Guardian | first=Susan | last=Smillie | title=Are 'neeps' swedes or turnips? | date=25 January 2010}}</ref>