English > mustard family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | A large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives. |
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| Synonyms | Cruciferae, family Cruciferae, Brassicaceae, family Brassicaceae |
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| Member of | Rhoeadales, order Rhoeadales, Papaverales, order Papaverales | An order of dicotyledonous plants |
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| Members | Aethionema, genus Aethionema | Old World genus of the family Cruciferae |
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| Alliaria, genus Alliaria | A genus of herbs of the family Cruciferae |
| Alyssum, genus Alyssum | A genus of the family Cruciferae |
| Arabidopsis, genus Arabidopsis | A genus of the mustard family having white or yellow or purplish flowers |
| Arabis, genus Arabis | annual to perennial woody herbs of temperate North America, Europe and Asia |
| Armoracia, genus Armoracia | horseradish |
| Barbarea, genus Barbarea | biennial or perennial herbs of north temperate regions |
| Berteroa, genus Berteroa | hoary alyssum |
| Biscutella, genus Biscutella | genus of Eurasian herbs and small shrubs |
| Brassica, genus Brassica | mustards |
| Cakile, genus Cakile | small genus of succulent annual herbs found on sandy shores of North America and Europe |
| Camelina, genus Camelina, false flax | annual and biennial herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia |
| Capsella, genus Capsella | shepherd's purse |
| Cardamine, genus Cardamine | bittercress, bitter cress |
| Cheiranthus, genus Cheiranthus | Old World perennial plants grown for their showy flowers |
| Cochlearia, genus Cochlearia | A genus of the family Cruciferae |
| Crambe, genus Crambe | annual or perennial herbs with large leaves that resemble the leaves of cabbages |
| Dentaria, genus Dentaria | usually included in genus Cardamine |
| Descurainia, genus Descurainia | Includes annual or biennial herbs of America and Europe very similar to and often included among those of genera ... / genera Sisymbrium or Hugueninia |
| Diplotaxis, genus Diplotaxis | wall rocket |
| Eruca, genus Eruca | annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region |
| Erysimum, genus Erysimum | large genus of annual or perennial herbs some grown for their flowers and some for their attractive evergreen leaves |
| Hesperis, genus Hesperis | biennial or perennial erect herbs having nocturnally fragrant flowers |
| Iberis, genus Iberis | (Old World herbs and subshrubs) candytuft |
| Isatis, genus Isatis | (Old World genus of annual to perennial herbs) woad |
| Lepidium, genus Lepidium | cosmopolitan genus of annual and biennial and perennial herbs |
| Lesquerella, genus Lesquerella | genus of low-growing hairy herbs |
| Lobularia, genus Lobularia | sweet alyssum |
| Lunaria, genus Lunaria | small genus of European herbs |
| Malcolmia, genus Malcolmia | genus of plants usually found in coastal / coastal habitats |
| Matthiola, genus Matthiola | genus of Old World plants grown as ornamentals |
| Nasturtium, genus Nasturtium | aquatic herbs |
| Physaria, genus Physaria | small genus of western North American herbs similar to Lesquerella |
| Pritzelago, genus Pritzelago | chamois cress |
| Raphanus, genus Raphanus | radish |
| Rorippa, genus Rorippa | annual and perennial herbs of damp habitats |
| Sinapis, genus Sinapis | small genus of Old World herbs usually included in genus Brassica |
| Stanleya, genus Stanleya | prince's plume |
| Stephanomeria, genus Stephanomeria | malheur wire lettuce |
| Subularia, genus Subularia | small genus of herbs of north temperate regions and mountains of tropical Africa |
| Thlaspi, genus Thlaspi | herbs of temperate regions |
| Thysanocarpus, genus Thysanocarpus | small genus of herbs of upland regions / regions of the Pacific coast of North America |
| Turritis, genus Turritis | Closely related to and often included in genus Arabis |
| Vesicaria, genus Vesicaria | small genus of chiefly Mediterranean herbs |
| cress, cress plant | Any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste |
| crucifer, cruciferous plant | Any of various plants of the family Cruciferae |
| genus Draba | large genus of low tufted herbs of temperate and Arctic regions |
| genus Heliophila | genus of South African flowering herbs and subshrubs |
| genus Schizopetalon | small genus of South American herbs grown for its flowers |
| genus Sisymbrium | genus of Old World annual or biennial or perennial herbs with racemose flowers |
| wasabi | A Japanese plant of the family Cruciferae with a thick green root |
| watercress | Any of several water-loving cresses |
| Broader | dilleniid dicot family | family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs |
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| Spanish | Cruciferae, crucíferas |
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| Catalan | Brassicaceae, brassicàcia, Cruciferae, crucíferes |
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