cruciferous plant

/kruˌsɪfərəs plænt/

Other forms: cruciferous plants

Definitions of cruciferous plant

1. noun

   any of various plants of the family Cruciferae
   synonyms: crucifer

   types:

   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

   Brassica oleracea acephala, borecole, 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, Chinese cabbage, celery cabbage, napa, pe-tsai

   plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery; used as a vegetable in east Asia

   Brassica rapa chinensis, Chinese white cabbage, bok choi, bok choy, 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

   Stephanomeria malheurensis, malheur wire lettuce

   a small plant of Oregon resembling mustard; a threatened species

   watercress

   any of several water-loving cresses

   Arabidopsis thaliana, mouse-ear cress

   a small invasive self-pollinating weed with small white flowers; much studied by plant geneticists; the first higher plant whose complete genome sequence was described

   Arabidopsis lyrata

   a small noninvasive cross-pollinating plant with white flowers; closely related to Arabidopsis thaliana

   rock cress, rockcress

   any of several rock-loving cresses of the genus Arabis

   Arabis glabra, Turritis glabra, tower cress, tower mustard

   or genus Arabis: erect cress widely distributed throughout Europe

   St. Barbara's herb, scurvy grass, winter cress

   any plant of the genus Barbarea: yellow-flowered Eurasian cresses; widely cultivated for winter salad

   Brassica oleracea capitata, head cabbage, head cabbage plant

   any of various cultivated cabbage plants having a short thick stalk and large compact head of edible usually green leaves

   collard

   variety of kale having smooth leaves

   Brassica rapa, turnip, white turnip

   widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root

   Brassica napus napobrassica, Swedish turnip, rutabaga, rutabaga plant, swede, turnip cabbage

   a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root

   Brassica juncea, chinese mustard, gai choi, indian mustard, leaf mustard

   Asiatic mustard used as a potherb

   Brassica nigra, black mustard

   widespread Eurasian annual plant cultivated for its pungent seeds; a principal source of table mustard

   Brassica napus, colza, rape

   Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop

   bitter cress, bittercress

   any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except Antarctic

   Cochlearia officinalis, common scurvy grass, scurvy grass

   a widely distributed Arctic cress reputed to have value in treatment or prevention of scurvy; a concentrated source of vitamin C

   Lepidium sativum, common garden cress, garden pepper cress, pepper grass, pepperwort

   annual herb used as salad green and garnish

   Raphanus sativus, radish

   Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its edible pungent root usually eaten raw

   Japanese radish, Raphanus sativus longipinnatus, daikon, radish

   radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked

   Brassica hirta, Sinapis alba, white mustard

   Eurasian mustard cultivated for its pungent seeds; a source of table mustard and mustard oil

   Brassica kaber, Sinapis arvensis, chadlock, charlock, field mustard, wild mustard

   weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields

   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