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turnip of the plains Obs. 
See prairie turnip 1892 quote.
See also: prairie turnip
- 1805 (1892) I this day found a plant, whose root the Canadians call the turnip of the plains: But not having a knife or axe to make a stick, I had no hope of digging them up; the root being at least a foot in earth, and the ground extremely hard.
- 1827 (1914) Psoralea sp . . . this is the Turnip of the Plains of the voyageurs, the roots of which are used by the Indians both boiled and raw.
- 1805 (1892) I this day found a plant, whose root the Canadians call the turnip of the plains: But not having a knife or axe to make a stick, I had no hope of digging them up; the root being at least a foot in earth, and the ground extremely hard.