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Dictionary
bras·si·ca (brăs'ĭ-kə)
n.
Any of various plants of the genus Brassica of the mustard family, including cabbage, broccoli, and turnip.
[New Latin Brassica, genus name, from Latin brassica, cabbage.]
Brassica
Turnip (Brassica rapa)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Brassica
Brassica is a plant genus, in the cabbage family Brassicaceae (formerly the Cruciferae). The members of the genus may be collectively known either as the cabbages, or as mustards.
This remarkable genus contains more important agricultural and horticultural crops than any other genus. It also includes a number of weeds, both wild taxa and escapes from cultivation. It includes over 30 wild species and hybrids, and numerous additional cultivars and hybrids of cultivated origin. Most are annuals or biennials, but some are small shrubs.
The genus occurs in the wild in western Europe, the Mediterranean and temperate regions of Asia.
Almost all parts of some species or other have been developed for food, including the root (swedes, turnips), stems (kohlrabi), leaves (cabbage, brussels sprouts), flowers (cauliflower, broccoli), and seeds (many, including mustard seed, oilseed rape). Some forms with white or purple foliage or flowerheads, are also sometimes grown for ornament.
Due to their agricultural importance, Brassica plants how been the subject of much scientific interest. The close relationship between 6 particularly important species (Brassica carinata, B. juncea, B. oleracea, B. napus, B. nigra and B. rapa) is described by the Triangle of U.
Species and forms by botanical names and cultivar groups
Brassica alboglabra - Chinese Kale, Chinese Broccoli, Early Kailaan
Brassica bourgeaui
Brassica campestris - Wild Mustard
Brassica carinata - Abyssinian Mustard or Abyssinian Cabbage
Brassica cernua - Chinese cabbage, Chinese Leaf, Celery Cabbage
Brassica chinensis - Chinese Flowering Cabbage, choy sum
Brassica elongata - Elongated Mustard
Brassica fimbriata - Kitchen Kale
Brassica fruticulosa - Mediterranean Cabbage
Brassica hirta - White Mustard, Yellow Mustard
Brassica japonica - Japanese Cabbage, Mizuma
Brassica juncea - Indian Mustard, Brown and leaf mustards, Sarepta Mustard.
Brassica juncea Integrifolia Group - Leaf Mustard, Chinese Mustard, Mustard Green
Brassica kaber - Wild Mustard, Field Mustard, Charlock
Wild Mustard (Brassica campestris)Brassica napus - Mustard, Oilseed rape, Colza or
Brassica napus 'Canola' - Canola Oilseed rape
Brassica napus Napobrassica Group - Turnip Cabbage, Rutabaga, Russian Turnip, Swede Turnip, Swedish Turnip
Brassica napus Pabularia Group - Siberian Kale, Leaf Rape
Brassica narinosa - Broadbeaked Mustard
Brassica nigra - Black mustard
Brassica oleracea
Brassica oleracea Acephala Group - Kale, Collard, Colewort
Brassica oleracea Acephala Group 'Laciniata' - Borecole, Curly Kale
Brassica oleracea Acephala Group 'Sabellica' - Kale, Curly Kale, Green Cabbage
Brassica oleracea Acephala Group 'Sabelica' - Borecole, Kale
Brassica oleracea Acephala Group 'Viridis' - Kale, Borecale
Brassica oleracea Alboglabra Group - Fat-shan, Gai-lohn, Chinese Broccoli
Brassica oleracea Botrytis Group - Cauliflower
Brassica oleracea Capitata Group - Head cabbage
Brassica oleracea Capitata Group 'Alba' - White Cabbage
Brassica oleracea Capitata Group 'Conica' - Oxheart, Conical Cabbage
Brassica oleracea Capitata Group 'Rubra' - Red Cabbage
Brassica oleracea Capitata Group 'Sabauda' - Cabbage Savoy, Savoy Cabbage
Brassica oleracea Costata Group - Tronchuda Cabbage
Brassica oleracea Gemmifera Group - Brussels sprouts
Brassica oleracea Gongylodes Group - Kohlrabi, Turnip Cabbage, Hungarian Turnip
Brassica oleracea Italica Group - Broccoli, Sprouting Broccoli, Calabrese
Brassica perviridis - Tender Green, Mustard Spinach
Brassica rapa - Turnip, Field Mustard, Rutabaga
Brassica rapa Chinensis Group - Chinese cabbage, Spoon Cabbage, pak choi, bok choy, False pak choi
Brassica rapa Pekinensis Group - Pe-tsai, Celery Cabbage
Brassica rapa Perviridis Group - Spinach Mustard
Brassica rapa Rapifera Group - Turnip
Brassica rapa Ruvo Group - Rapini, Turnip Broccoli, Broccoli Rabe / Raab / Rab
Brassica rapa Sarson Group - Sarson, Toria
Brassica rupestris - Mustard
Brassica septiceps - Seventop Turnip
Brassica tournefortii - Asian Mustard
Translations
Translations for: Brassica
Français (French)
brassicacée
Deutsch (German)
n. - (bot.) Kohl
Italiano (Italian)
crocifere
Português (Portuguese)
n. - brássicas (f pl) (Bot.)
Español (Spanish)
n. - planta crucífera del género brassica
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kål (bot.)
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ברסיקה (כרוב או לפת)
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Katy
I really do, I eat it nearly every day!Oh and brussel sprouts, and cauliflower, (Rutabegas!) Anyone may Have my share of turnips, Kale, or Mustard greens tho' EWE!
