brassica

American  

[bras-i-kuh] / ˈbræs ɪ kə /

noun

1. any plant belonging to the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, including many economically important vegetables, as cabbage, kale, broccoli, cauliflower, turnip, and mustard.

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brassica British  

/ ˈbræsɪkə, ˌbræsɪˈkeɪʃəs /

noun

1. any plant of the genus Brassica , such as cabbage, rape, turnip, and mustard: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)

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Other Word Forms

• brassicaceous
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of brassica

1825–35; < New Latin, Latin: cabbage

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

brassica

The mustard plant is a member of the brassica family, which includes broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 2, 2023

If all you can find in the fresh aisles of the supermarket is the odd brassica or ball of tumbleweed, we have your back…

From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2023

Open the bag and a telltale whiff of cooked brassica streams out, thanks to cauliflower’s sulfur-containing compounds, glucosinolates.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2023

And because plants are clever, about 200 different glucosinolates exist in brassica vegetables, and each of these vegetables has different combinations, giving them their characteristic flavor.

From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2022

Water-cress, sisymbrium nasturtium aquaticum, mustard, sinapis, scurvy-grass cochlearia hortensis, horse-radish cochlearia armoracia, cuckoo-flower, cardamine, dog's-grass, dandelion, leontodon taraxacon, cellery apium, cabbage brassica.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus