rutabaga, swede, swedish turnip, yellow turnip
(noun) the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food
Swede
(noun) a native or inhabitant of Sweden
rutabaga, turnip cabbage, swede, Swedish turnip, rutabaga plant, Brassica napus napobrassica
(noun) a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root
Source: WordNet® 3.1
From the earlier term Swedish turnip, because the Swedes introduced the plant to the English in the 1700s.
swede (plural swedes)
(chiefly, British) The fleshy yellow root of a variety of rape, Brassica napus var. napobrassica, resembling a large turnip, grown as a vegetable.
The plant from which this is obtained.
(Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) The turnip.
(UK, slang) The head.
• (plant): rutabaga (US, Canada)
• (vegetable): rutabaga (US, Canada), neep (Scotland), yellow turnip (US), winter turnip
swede (third-person singular simple present swedes, present participle sweding, simple past and past participle sweded)
To produce a low-budget remake of a film without the use of professional actors or filming techniques.
• sewed, weeds
Swede (plural Swedes)
A person from Sweden or of Swedish descent.
(historical) A member of an ancient North Germanic tribe that inhabited central Sweden
• sewed, weeds
Source: Wiktionary
Swede, n. Etym: [Cf. G. Schwede.]
1. A native or inhabitant of Sweden.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: A Swedish turnip. See under Turnip.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
