Indian turnip
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Indian turnip
Where it comes from
From North American Indians having the reputation to cook their tubers.
noun Indian turnips
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Arisaema triphyllum.
Similar: Jack-in-the-pulpit
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Indian, turnip. (also meaning Brassica rapa cultivars in India)
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title = {Indian turnip},
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