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Crucifer

Any plant of the order Cruciferae.

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Alyssum 76% connected

A genus of cruciferous plants; madwort. The sweet alyssum (A. maritimum), cultivated for bouquets, bears small, white, sweet-scented flowers.

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Borecole 76% connected

A brassicaceous plant of many varieties, cultivated for its leaves, which are not formed into a compact head like the cabbage, but are loose, and are…

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Broccoli 76% connected

A plant of the Cabbage species (Brassica oleracea) of many varieties, resembling the cauliflower. The "curd," or flowering head, is the part used for…

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Cabbage 76% connected

An esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the wild Brassica oleracea of Europe. The common cabbage has a compact head of leaves. The caul…

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Cauliflower 76% connected

An annual variety of Brassica oleracea, or cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.

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Cole 76% connected

A plant of the Brassica or Cabbage genus; esp. that form of B. oleracea called rape and coleseed.

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Colewort 76% connected

A variety of cabbage in which the leaves never form a compact head.

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Cress 76% connected

A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.

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Kail 76% connected

A kind of headless cabbage. Same as Kale, 1.

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Kale 76% connected

A variety of cabbage in which the leaves do not form a head, being nearly the original or wild form of the species.

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Madwort 76% connected

A genus of cruciferous plants (Alyssum) with white or yellow flowers and rounded pods. A. maritimum is the commonly cultivated sweet alyssum, a fragr…

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Mustard 76% connected

The name of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica (formerly Sinapis), as white mustard (B. alba), black mustard (B. Nigra), wild mustard o…

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Radish 76% connected

The pungent fleshy root of a well-known cruciferous plant (Raphanus sativus); also, the whole plant.

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Sauce-alone 76% connected

Jack-by-the-hedge. See under Jack.

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Herb 76% connected

A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.

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