Turnip (terminology)

The word "turnip" can refer to any of the following four vegetables:

  • Turnip (white turnip, summer turnip, Brassica rapa rapa)
  • Rutabaga (yellow turnip, Brassica napus or B. napobrassica)
  • Jícama (Mexican turnip, yam bean, sweet turnip, Pachyrhizus erosus)
  • Daikon (white radish, mooli, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus)