BRASSICA

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I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mustards: cabbages; cauliflowers; turnips; etc.

Synonyms:

Brassica; genus Brassica

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Brassica" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Brassica"):

Brassica napus; colza; rape (Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop)

black mustard; Brassica nigra (widespread Eurasian annual plant cultivated for its pungent seeds; a principal source of table mustard)

Brassica perviridis; Brassica rapa perviridis; spinach mustard; tendergreen (Asiatic plant cultivated for its swollen root crown and edible foliage)

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 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)

Brassica juncea; chinese mustard; gai choi; indian mustard; leaf mustard (Asiatic mustard used as a potherb)

mustard (any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica)

Brassica rapa ruvo; broccoli raab; broccoli rabe (plant grown for its pungent edible leafy shoots)

Brassica napus napobrassica; rutabaga; rutabaga plant; swede; Swedish turnip; turnip cabbage (a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root)

Brassica rapa; turnip; white turnip (widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root)

Brassica oleracea gongylodes; kohlrabi (plant cultivated for its enlarged fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem)

borecole; Brassica oleracea acephala; cole; colewort; kail; kale (a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head)

Brassica oleracea italica; broccoli (plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds)

Brassica oleracea; cabbage; cultivated cabbage (any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers)

Brassica oleracea; wild cabbage (wild original of cultivated cabbages; common in western coastal Europe)

Holonyms ("Brassica" is a member of...):

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)

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Context examples:

Selenium amino acid species found in selenized Brassica juncea include methylselenomethionine (MeSeMet) and methylselenocysteine (MeSeCys); both may be incorporated into selenoproteins in vivo.

(high-selenium Brassica juncea, NCI Thesaurus)

Brassica juncea is a plant of the cabbage family that has been used in some cultures to treat certain medical problems, including arthritis, colds, stomach disorders, and tumors.

(high-selenium Brassica juncea, NCI Dictionary)