cruciferous vegetable

Other forms: cruciferous vegetables

Definitions of cruciferous vegetable

1. noun

   a vegetable of the mustard family: especially mustard greens; various cabbages; broccoli; cauliflower; brussels sprouts
   types:

   Indian mustard, leaf mustard, mustard, mustard greens

   leaves eaten as cooked greens

   cabbage, chou

   any of various types of cabbage

   broccoli

   branched green undeveloped flower heads

   cauliflower

   compact head of white undeveloped flowers

   brussels sprouts

   the small edible cabbage-like buds growing along a stalk of the brussels sprout plant

   broccoli raab, broccoli rabe

   slightly bitter dark green leaves and clustered flower buds

   kohlrabi, turnip cabbage

   fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem of the kohlrabi plant

   radish

   pungent fleshy edible root

   turnip

   root of any of several members of the mustard family

   cole, kail, kale

   coarse curly-leafed cabbage

   Chinese cabbage, Chinese celery, celery cabbage

   elongated head of crisp celery-like stalks and light green leaves

   bok choi, bok choy

   elongated head of dark green leaves on thick white stalks

   head cabbage

   any of several varieties of cabbage having a large compact globular head; may be steamed or boiled or stir-fried or used raw in coleslaw

   white turnip

   white root of a turnip plant

   rutabaga, swede, swedish turnip, yellow turnip

   the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food

   type of:

   veg, vegetable, veggie

   edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant