CRUCIFEROUS

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Meaning:

Of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Cruciferae

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)

Pertainym:

Cruciferae (a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives)

Derivation:

Cruciferae (a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives)

Diindolylmethane is found in cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, cabbage, and kale.

(Diindolylmethane, NCI Dictionary)

Also called cruciferous vegetable.

(Brassica vegetable, NCI Dictionary)