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uirrel of the genus Spermophilus, inhabiting prairies; -- called also gopher. -- Prairie turnip (Bot.), the edible turnip-shaped farinaceous root of a leguminous plant (Psoralea esculenta) of the Upper Missouri region; also, the plant itself. Called also pomme blanche, and pomme de prairie. -- Prairie warbler (Zoöl.)…

A name given to a variety or to varieties of a plant of the turnip kind, grown for seeds and herbage. The seeds are used for the production of rape oil, and to a limited extent for the food of cage birds.

th or development; as, boys and girls run up rapidly. if the richness of the ground cause turnips to run to leaves. Mortimer.

A kind of turnip commonly with a large and long or ovoid yellowish root; a Swedish turnip. See Turnip.

se swine feed on it, and St. Anthony was once a swineherd. Dr. Prior. -- Saint Anthony's turnip (Bot.), the bulbous crowfoot, a favorite food of swine. Dr. Prior. -- Saint Barnaby's thistle (Bot.), a kind of knapeweed (Centaurea solstitialis) flowering on St. Barnabas's Day, June 11th. Dr. Prior. -- Saint Bernard (Z…

The leaves and tops of vegetables, as of potatoes, turnips, etc. [Scot.] Jamieson.

to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood. Shak. They 'll sliver thee like a turnip. Sir W. Scott.

Interrupted by unproductive spots; -- said of a flied of turnips or grain. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

A Swedish turnip. See under Turnip.

Of or pertaining to Sweden or its inhabitants. Swedish turnip. (Bot.) See under Turnip.

Any device for cutting off tops; as, a turnip topper.

See Turnip. [Obs.]