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swede.

The fleshy yellow root of a variety of rapeseed, Brassica napus var. napobrassica, resembling a large turnip, grown as a vegetable.

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noun/swiːd/
  1. The fleshy yellow root of a variety of rapeseed, Brassica napus var. napobrassica, resembling a large turnip, grown as a vegetable.

    UK
  2. The plant from which this is obtained.

  3. The turnip.

    Ireland · Northern-England · Scotland
  4. The head.

    UK · slang
Where this word comes from

From the earlier term Swedish turnip, because the Swedes introduced the plant to the English in the 1700s.

verb/swiːd/
  1. To produce a low-budget remake of a film without the use of professional actors or filming techniques.

Where this word comes from

Coined by Michel Gondry in the film Be Kind Rewind, from the claim that films produced in this way were imported from Sweden.

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