Definition of brassica Brassica
bras•si•ca
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What does brassica mean?
WordNet
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| brassica - mustards: cabbages; cauliflowers; turnips; etc. | ||
| genus Brassica | ||
| dilleniid dicot genus genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs | ||
| brassicaceae, cruciferae, family brassicaceae, family cruciferae, mustard family a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives | ||
| wild cabbage, brassica oleracea wild original of cultivated cabbages; common in western coastal Europe | ||
| cultivated cabbage, brassica oleracea, cabbage any of various types of cabbage | ||
| brassica oleracea italica, broccoli branched green undeveloped flower heads | ||
| borecole, brassica oleracea acephala, colewort, cole, kail, kale coarse curly-leafed cabbage | ||
| brassica oleracea gongylodes, kohlrabi fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem of the kohlrabi plant | ||
| brassica rapa, turnip, white turnip root of any of several members of the mustard family | ||
| brassica napus napobrassica, rutabaga plant, rutabaga, swedish turnip, turnip cabbage, swede the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food | ||
| brassica rapa ruvo, broccoli raab, broccoli rabe plant grown for its pungent edible leafy shoots | ||
| mustard leaves eaten as cooked greens | ||
| brassica juncea, gai choi, chinese mustard, indian mustard, leaf mustard very hot prepared mustard | ||
| brassica rapa pekinensis, napa, pe-tsai, celery cabbage, chinese cabbage elongated head of crisp celery-like stalks and light green leaves | ||
| brassica rapa chinensis, chinese white cabbage, pak choi, pakchoi, bok choi, bok choy elongated head of dark green leaves on thick white stalks | ||
| brassica perviridis, brassica rapa perviridis, spinach mustard, tendergreen Asiatic plant cultivated for its swollen root crown and edible foliage | ||
| black mustard, brassica nigra widespread Eurasian annual plant cultivated for its pungent seeds; a principal source of table mustard | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- brassica (n.)
A genus of plants embracing several species and varieties differing much in appearance and qualities: such as the common cabbage (B. oleracea), broccoli, cauliflowers, etc.; the wild turnip (B. campestris); the common turnip (B. rapa); the rape or coleseed (B. napus), etc.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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brassica
bras′i-ka, n. the turnip and cabbage genus of Cruciferæ. [L.]
