English > cruciferous plant: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Any of various plants of the family Cruciferae. |
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| Synonym | crucifer |
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| Member of | Cruciferae, family Cruciferae, Brassicaceae, family Brassicaceae, mustard family | A large family of plants with four-petaled flowers |
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| Parts | cruciferous vegetable | A vegetable of the mustard family |
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| Narrower | Chinese cabbage, celery cabbage, napa, pe-tsai, Brassica rapa pekinensis | plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery |
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| alyssum, madwort | Any garden plant of the genus Alyssum having clusters of small yellow or white flowers |
| bok choy, bok choi, pakchoi, pak choi, Chinese white cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis | Asiatic plant grown for its cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leaves |
| broccoli, Brassica oleracea italica | plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds |
| broccoli raab, broccoli rabe, Brassica rapa ruvo | plant grown for its pungent edible leafy shoots |
| brussels sprout, Brassica oleracea gemmifera | plant grown for its stout stalks of edible small green heads resembling diminutive cabbages |
| cabbage, cultivated cabbage, Brassica oleracea | Any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers |
| cauliflower, Brassica oleracea botrytis | A plant having a large edible head of crowded white flower buds |
| cress, cress plant | Any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste |
| garlic mustard, hedge garlic, sauce-alone, jack-by-the-hedge, Alliaria officinalis | European herb that smells like garlic |
| gold of pleasure, Camelina sativa | annual European false flax having small white flowers |
| kale, kail, cole, borecole, colewort, Brassica oleracea acephala | A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head |
| kohlrabi, Brassica oleracea gongylodes | plant cultivated for its enlarged fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem |
| malheur wire lettuce, Stephanomeria malheurensis | A small plant of Oregon resembling mustard |
| mustard | Any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica |
| radish plant, radish | A cruciferous plant of the genus Raphanus having a pungent edible root |
| rose of Jericho, resurrection plant, Anastatica hierochuntica | small grey Asiatic desert plant bearing minute white flowers that rolls ... / rolls up when dry and expands when moist |
| shepherd's purse, shepherd's pouch, Capsella bursa-pastoris | white-flowered annual European herb bearing triangular notched pods |
| tendergreen, spinach mustard, Brassica perviridis, Brassica rapa perviridis | Asiatic plant cultivated for its swollen root crown and edible foliage |
| turnip plant | Any of several widely cultivated plants having edible roots |
| wild cabbage, Brassica oleracea | wild original of cultivated cabbages |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
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| Spanish | crucífera |
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| Catalan | crucífera |
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