Brassica


Definition: Meaning of, Brassica in English to English dictionary.

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Brassica Brassicas
  1. mustards: cabbages; cauliflowers; turnips; etc.
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Brassica used in phrases

  • Brassica hirta (noun)
    1. eurasian mustard cultivated for its pungent seeds; a source of table mustard and mustard oil
  • Brassica juncea (noun)
    1. asiatic mustard used as a potherb
  • Brassica kaber (noun)
    1. weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields
  • Brassica napus (noun)
    1. eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop
  • Brassica napus napobrassica (noun)
    1. a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root
  • Brassica nigra (noun)
    1. widespread Eurasian annual plant cultivated for its pungent seeds; a principal source of table mustard
  • Brassica oleracea (noun)
    1. wild original of cultivated cabbages; common in western coastal Europe
    2. any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers
  • Brassica oleracea acephala (noun)
    1. a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head
  • Brassica oleracea botrytis (noun)
    1. a plant having a large edible head of crowded white flower buds
  • Brassica oleracea capitata (noun)
    1. any of various cultivated cabbage plants having a short thick stalk and large compact head of edible usually green leaves
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