cruciferae
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A large family of plants with four-petaled flowers;
Includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives (synset 111887994)is a type of: dilleniid dicot family - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbsmember holonym:- crucifer, cruciferous plant - any of various plants of the family Cruciferae
- cress, cress plant - any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste
- watercress - any of several water-loving cresses
- aethionema, genus aethionema - Old World genus of the family Cruciferae
- alliaria, genus alliaria - a genus of herbs of the family Cruciferae; have broad leaves and white flowers and long siliques
- 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; closely related to genus Arabis
- arabis, genus arabis - annual to perennial woody herbs of temperate North America, Europe and Asia: rockcress
- armoracia, genus armoracia - horseradish
- barbarea, genus barbarea - biennial or perennial herbs of north temperate regions: winter cress
- berteroa, genus berteroa - hoary alyssum
- biscutella, genus biscutella - genus of Eurasian herbs and small shrubs: buckler mustard
- brassica, genus brassica - mustards: cabbages; cauliflowers; turnips; etc.
- cakile, genus cakile - small genus of succulent annual herbs found on sandy shores of North America and Europe
- camelina, false flax, genus camelina - annual and biennial herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia
- capsella, genus capsella - shepherd's purse
- cardamine, genus cardamine - bittercress, bitter cress
- dentaria, genus dentaria - usually included in genus Cardamine; in some classifications considered a separate genus
- 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
- descurainia, genus descurainia - includes annual or biennial herbs of America and Europe very similar to and often included among those of genera Sisymbrium or Hugueninia; not recognized in some classification systems
- diplotaxis, genus diplotaxis - wall rocket
- genus draba - large genus of low tufted herbs of temperate and Arctic regions
- 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; Old World and North America
- genus heliophila - genus of South African flowering herbs and subshrubs
- genus hesperis, hesperis - biennial or perennial erect herbs having nocturnally fragrant flowers
- genus iberis, iberis - Old World herbs and subshrubs: candytuft
- genus isatis, isatis - Old World genus of annual to perennial herbs: woad
- genus lepidium, lepidium - cosmopolitan genus of annual and biennial and perennial herbs: cress
- genus lesquerella, lesquerella - genus of low-growing hairy herbs: bladderpods
- genus lobularia, lobularia - sweet alyssum
- genus lunaria, lunaria - small genus of European herbs: honesty
- genus malcolmia, malcolmia - genus of plants usually found in coastal habitats; Mediterranean to Afghanistan
- genus matthiola, matthiola - genus of Old World plants grown as ornamentals
- genus nasturtium, nasturtium - aquatic herbs
- genus physaria, physaria - small genus of western North American herbs similar to Lesquerella: bladderpods
- genus pritzelago, pritzelago - chamois cress
- genus raphanus, raphanus - radish
- genus rorippa, rorippa - annual and perennial herbs of damp habitats; cosmopolitan except Antarctica
- genus schizopetalon - small genus of South American herbs grown for its flowers
- genus sinapis, sinapis - small genus of Old World herbs usually included in genus Brassica
- genus sisymbrium - genus of Old World annual or biennial or perennial herbs with racemose flowers; many are considered to be weeds
- genus stanleya, stanleya - prince's plume
- genus stephanomeria, stephanomeria - malheur wire lettuce
- genus subularia, subularia - small genus of herbs of north temperate regions and mountains of tropical Africa
- genus thlaspi, thlaspi - herbs of temperate regions: pennycress
- genus thysanocarpus, thysanocarpus - small genus of herbs of upland regions of the Pacific coast of North America
- genus turritis, turritis - closely related to and often included in genus Arabis
- genus vesicaria, vesicaria - small genus of chiefly Mediterranean herbs: bladderpods
- wasabi - a Japanese plant of the family Cruciferae with a thick green root
belongs to: order papaverales, order rhoeadales, papaverales, rhoeadales - an order of dicotyledonous plants
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