Turnip vs. Parsnip — What's the Difference?

The turnip or white turnip (Brassica rapa subsp. rapa) is a root vegetable commonly grown in temperate climates worldwide for its white, fleshy taproot.

The parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) is a root vegetable closely related to carrot and parsley, all belonging to the flowering plant family Apiaceae. It is a biennial plant usually grown as an annual.

A round root with white or cream flesh which is eaten as a vegetable and also has edible leaves.

A long tapering cream-coloured root vegetable with a sweet flavour

The European plant of the cabbage family which produces the turnip.

The Eurasian plant of the parsley family which yields parsnips.

A large, thick, old-fashioned watch.

A plant (Pastinaca sativa) in the parsley family, native to Eurasia, cultivated for its long, white, edible, fleshy root.

A widely cultivated Eurasian plant (Brassica rapa) of the mustard family, having a large rounded edible whitish root and edible leaves.

The root of this plant.

The root of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.

A biennial plant, Pastinaca sativa, related to the carrot.

Chiefly Northeast US A rutabaga.

The root of the parsnip, when used as a vegetable.

The white root of a yellow-flowered plant, Brassica rapa, grown as a vegetable and as fodder for cattle.

The aromatic and edible spindle-shaped root of the cultivated form of the Pastinaca sativa, a biennial umbelliferous plant which is very poisonous in its wild state; also, the plant itself.

The yellow root of a related plant, the swede or Brassica napus.

The whitish root of cultivated parsnip

(Hong Kong) The white root of Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus, also known as a daikon.

A strong-scented plant cultivated for its edible root

(dated) A large, heavy pocket watch, so called because its profile resembled the vegetable.

Whitish edible root; eaten cooked

(slang) A fool or simpleton.

(transitive) To plant with turnips.

(transitive) To feed or graze (livestock) on turnips.

The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a cruciferous plant (Brassica campestris, var. Napus); also, the plant itself.

Widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root

Root of any of several members of the mustard family