English > genus Brassica: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | mustards: cabbages; cauliflowers; turnips; etc.. |
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| Synonym | Brassica |
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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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| Members | 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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| black mustard, Brassica nigra | widespread Eurasian annual plant cultivated for its pungent seeds |
| 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 |
| cabbage, cultivated cabbage, Brassica oleracea | Any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers |
| chinese mustard, indian mustard, leaf mustard, gai choi, Brassica juncea | Asiatic mustard used as a potherb |
| 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 |
| mustard | Any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica |
| rape, colza, Brassica napus | Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop |
| rutabaga, turnip cabbage, swede, Swedish turnip, rutabaga plant, Brassica napus napobrassica | A cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root |
| tendergreen, spinach mustard, Brassica perviridis, Brassica rapa perviridis | Asiatic plant cultivated for its swollen root crown and edible foliage |
| turnip, white turnip, Brassica rapa | Widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root |
| wild cabbage, Brassica oleracea | wild original of cultivated cabbages |
| Broader | dilleniid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs |
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| Spanish | brassica, género brassica, genus brassica |
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| Catalan | brassica, genus brassica |
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