brassica
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- brassicaceous adjective
Etymology
Origin of brassica
1825–35; < New Latin, Latin: cabbage
Example Sentences
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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
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