crucífera

Definitions of crucífera
  1. noun
    a vegetable of the mustard family: especially mustard greens; various cabbages; broccoli; cauliflower; brussels sprouts
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    berza, col
    any of various types of cabbage
    brécol
    branched green undeveloped flower heads
    coliflor
    compact head of white undeveloped flowers
    brécol, brócoli
    slightly bitter dark green leaves and clustered flower buds
    colinabo
    fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem of the kohlrabi plant
    rábano
    pungent fleshy edible root
    nabo
    root of any of several members of the mustard family
    col rizada
    coarse curly-leafed cabbage
    repollo
    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
    nabo blanco
    white root of a turnip plant
    nabo sueco
    the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food
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    hortaliza, verdura
    edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
  2. noun
    any of various plants of the family Cruciferae
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    berro
    any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste
    col de bruselas
    plant grown for its stout stalks of edible small green heads resembling diminutive cabbages
    coliflor
    a plant having a large edible head of crowded white flower buds
    col rizada
    a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head
    colinabo
    plant cultivated for its enlarged fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem
    mostaza
    any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica
    napa
    plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery; used as a vegetable in east Asia
    zurrón
    white-flowered annual European herb bearing triangular notched pods; nearly cosmopolitan as an introduced weed
    nabo
    widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root
    colza
    Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop
    rábano
    Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its edible pungent root usually eaten raw
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    planta herbácea
    a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
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