Turnip

Japanese: かぶらな
Turnip

…Although it was widely used as a leafy vegetable, it is difficult to say for certain that this strictly referred to turnips. In the Edo period, aona became a general term for such leafy vegetables, and the above-ground parts of turnips came to be called kaburana or kabuna, meaning turnip greens. The Honcho Shokan (1697) states that in spring, the stems that grow large and stand upright, and the two-leafed plants that have just sprouted from the seeds, are called kaiwarina, and those that grow to about 10 cm are called uguisuna. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "kaburana" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…葉菜として多用されたが,これが厳密にカブだけを指していたとは断定しがたい。江戸時代になると,青菜はそうした葉菜の総称となり,カブの地上部はカブの菜の意で,〈かぶらな〉〈かぶな〉と呼ばれるようになる。《本朝食鑑》(1697)は,春になって大きくのびた茎を茎立,種から発芽したばかりの二葉のものを貝割(かいわり)菜,10cm近くになったのを鶯(うぐいす)菜というとしている。…

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