brassica : Idioms & Phrases


brassica hirta

  • noun Eurasian mustard cultivated for its pungent seeds; a source of table mustard and mustard oil
    Sinapis alba; white mustard.
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brassica juncea

  • noun Asiatic mustard used as a potherb
    chinese mustard; leaf mustard; indian mustard; gai choi.
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brassica kaber

  • noun weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields
    wild mustard; field mustard; chadlock; charlock; Sinapis arvensis.
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brassica napus

  • noun Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop
    colza; rape.
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brassica napus napobrassica

  • noun a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root
    rutabaga plant; rutabaga; turnip cabbage; Swedish turnip; swede.
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brassica nigra

  • noun widespread Eurasian annual plant cultivated for its pungent seeds; a principal source of table mustard
    black mustard.
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brassica oleracea

  • noun any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers
    cabbage; cultivated cabbage.
  • noun wild original of cultivated cabbages; common in western coastal Europe
    wild cabbage.
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brassica oleracea acephala

  • noun a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head
    kale; borecole; kail; cole; colewort.
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brassica oleracea botrytis

  • noun a plant having a large edible head of crowded white flower buds
    cauliflower.
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brassica oleracea capitata

  • noun any of various cultivated cabbage plants having a short thick stalk and large compact head of edible usually green leaves
    head cabbage plant; head cabbage.
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brassica oleracea gemmifera

  • noun plant grown for its stout stalks of edible small green heads resembling diminutive cabbages
    brussels sprout.
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brassica oleracea gongylodes

  • noun plant cultivated for its enlarged fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem
    kohlrabi.
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brassica oleracea italica

  • noun plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds
    broccoli.
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brassica perviridis

  • noun Asiatic plant cultivated for its swollen root crown and edible foliage
    spinach mustard; tendergreen; Brassica perviridis.
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brassica rapa

  • noun widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root
    white turnip; turnip.
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brassica rapa chinensis

  • noun Asiatic plant grown for its cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leaves
    pak choi; bok choy; pakchoi; bok choi; Chinese white cabbage.
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brassica rapa pekinensis

  • noun plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery; used as a vegetable in east Asia
    pe-tsai; celery cabbage; napa; Chinese cabbage.
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brassica rapa perviridis

  • noun Asiatic plant cultivated for its swollen root crown and edible foliage
    spinach mustard; tendergreen; Brassica perviridis.
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brassica rapa ruvo

  • noun plant grown for its pungent edible leafy shoots
    broccoli raab; broccoli rabe.
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genus brassica

  • noun mustards: cabbages; cauliflowers; turnips; etc.
    Brassica.
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