crucifer

1. Any of various plants of the family Cruciferae (synset 111889283)
   is a type of: herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
   subtypes:

   • cress, cress plant - any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste
   • alliaria officinalis, garlic mustard, hedge garlic, jack-by-the-hedge, sauce-alone - European herb that smells like garlic
   • alyssum, madwort - any garden plant of the genus Alyssum having clusters of small yellow or white flowers
   • anastatica hierochuntica, resurrection plant, rose of jericho - small grey Asiatic desert plant bearing minute white flowers that rolls up when dry and expands when moist
   • brassica oleracea, wild cabbage - wild original of cultivated cabbages; common in western coastal Europe
   • brassica oleracea, cabbage, cultivated cabbage - any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers
   • brassica oleracea gemmifera, brussels sprout - plant grown for its stout stalks of edible small green heads resembling diminutive cabbages
   • brassica oleracea botrytis, cauliflower - a plant having a large edible head of crowded white flower buds
   • brassica oleracea italica, broccoli - plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds
   • borecole, brassica oleracea acephala, cole, colewort, kail, kale - a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head
   • brassica oleracea gongylodes, kohlrabi - plant cultivated for its enlarged fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem
   • turnip plant - any of several widely cultivated plants having edible roots
   • brassica rapa ruvo, broccoli raab, broccoli rabe - plant grown for its pungent edible leafy shoots
   • mustard - any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica
   • brassica rapa pekinensis, celery cabbage, chinese cabbage, napa, pe-tsai - plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery; used as a vegetable in east Asia
   • bok choi, bok choy, brassica rapa chinensis, chinese white cabbage, pak choi, pakchoi - Asiatic plant grown for its cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leaves
   • brassica perviridis, brassica rapa perviridis, spinach mustard, tendergreen - Asiatic plant cultivated for its swollen root crown and edible foliage
   • camelina sativa, gold of pleasure - annual European false flax having small white flowers; cultivated since Neolithic times as a source of fiber and for its oil-rich seeds; widely naturalized in North America
   • capsella bursa-pastoris, shepherd's pouch, shepherd's purse - white-flowered annual European herb bearing triangular notched pods; nearly cosmopolitan as an introduced weed
   • radish, radish plant - a cruciferous plant of the genus Raphanus having a pungent edible root
   • malheur wire lettuce, stephanomeria malheurensis - a small plant of Oregon resembling mustard; a threatened species
   belongs to: brassicaceae, cruciferae, family brassicaceae, family cruciferae, mustard family - a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives
   has: cruciferous vegetable - a vegetable of the mustard family: especially mustard greens; various cabbages; broccoli; cauliflower; brussels sprouts
   same as: cruciferous plant

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