brassica campestris

Rape \Rape\, n. [L. rapa, rapum, akin to Gr. "ra`pys, "ra`fys,
   G. r["u]be.] (Bot.)
   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.
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   Note: These plants, with the edible turnip, have been
         variously named, but are all now believed to be derived
         from the {Brassica campestris} of Europe, which by some
         is not considered distinct from the wild stock
         ({Brassica oleracea}) of the cabbage. See {Cole}.
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   {Broom rape}. (Bot.) See {Broom rape}, in the Vocabulary.

   {Rape cake}, the refuse remaining after the oil has been
      expressed from the rape seed.

   {Rape root}. Same as {Rape}.

   {Summer rape}. (Bot.) See {Colza}.
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Navew \Na"vew\, n. [OE. navel, naveau, a dim. fr. L. napus
   navew. Cf. {Napiform}.] (Bot.)
   A kind of small turnip, a variety of {Brassica campestris}.
   See {Brassica}. [Written also {naphew}.]
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Turnip \Tur"nip\ (t[^u]r"n[i^]p), n. [OE. turnep; probably fr.
   turn, or F. tour a turn, turning lathe + OE. nepe a turnip,
   AS. n[=ae]pe, L. napus. Cf. {Turn}, v. t., {Navew}.] (Bot.)
   The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a
   cruciferous plant ({Brassica campestris}, var. Napus); also,
   the plant itself. [Formerly written also {turnep}.]
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   {Swedish turnip} (Bot.), a kind of turnip. See {Ruta-baga}.
      

   {Turnip flea} (Zool.), a small flea-beetle ({Haltica,
      striolata} syn. {Phyllotreta striolata}), which feeds upon
      the turnip, and often seriously injures it. It is black
      with a stripe of yellow on each elytron. The name is also
      applied to several other small insects which are injurious
      to turnips. See Illust. under {Flea-beetle}.

   {Turnip fly}. (Zool.)
   (a) The turnip flea.
   (b) A two-winged fly ({Anthomyia radicum}) whose larvae live
       in the turnip root.
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Brassica \Bras"si*ca\, prop. n. [L., cabbage.] (Bot.)
   A genus of plants embracing several species and varieties
   differing much in appearance and qualities: such as the
   common cabbage ({Brassica oleracea}), broccoli, cauliflowers,
   etc.; the wild turnip ({Brassica campestris}); the common
   turnip ({Brassica rapa}); the rape or coleseed ({Brassica
   napus}), etc.
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