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Brassica rapa

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Noun1.Brassica rapaBrassica rapa - widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root
turnip, white turnip
white turnip - white root of a turnip plant
turnip greens - tender leaves of young white turnips
Brassica, genus Brassica - mustards: cabbages; cauliflowers; turnips; etc.
turnip plant - any of several widely cultivated plants having edible roots


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Those transgenic plants are hybridizing with Brassica rapa, one of the weedy parents of crop canola, according to Suzanne Warwick at Agriculture Canada in Ottawa.
When genes escape: does it matter to crops and weeds? by Milius, Susan / Science News
The crop species hybridizes readily with wild mustards, including one of its ancestors, Brassica rapa.
The green genes don't get out much by Milius, S. / Science News
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