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

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

From Washington Times • Jun. 2, 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

Despite its budget price this brassica has become a restaurant favourite and cauliflower steak is a popular vegan option.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2023

Broccoli, unlike its brassica cousins cauliflower, cabbage or turnips, loses everything and gains nothing when it is cooked down to fork-submission.

From New York Times • May 4, 2022

With the exception of the wild cabbage, the whole brassica tribe were unknown to us till the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

From The Old English Herbals by Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair