Purple and White Root Vegetable

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Earth, Group 5, Puzzle 3.

Question is: Purple and White Root Vegetable

and the answer is: TURNIP

Word Meaning:

TURNIP — The white root of a yellow-flowered plant, Brassica rapa, grown as a vegetable and as fodder for cattle.

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