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Definition of Cruciferous vegetable
1. Noun. A vegetable of the mustard family: especially mustard greens; various cabbages; broccoli; cauliflower; brussels sprouts.
Specialized synonyms: Indian Mustard, Leaf Mustard, Mustard, Mustard Greens, Cabbage, Chou, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Brussels Sprouts, Broccoli Raab, Broccoli Rabe, Kohlrabi, Turnip Cabbage, Radish, Turnip
Group relationships: Crucifer, Cruciferous Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cruciferous Vegetable
Literary usage of Cruciferous vegetable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1820)
"Cato is very lavish in his encomiums upon this cruciferous vegetable ; and, with
Pythagoras, holds it ua general remedy for all diseases. ..."
2. The Irish Quarterly Review (1858)
"Cato is very lavish in his encomiums upon this cruciferous vegetable ; and, with
Pythagoras, holds it as a general remedy for all diseases. ..."
3. Useful Plants of Japan Described and Illustrated by Dai Nihon Nōkai (1895)
"... Karami-daikon; a biennial cruciferous vegetable which is the celebrated product
of the village Uyeno at the foot of Ibuki- ..."
4. Tabella Cibaria =: The Bill of Fare: a Latin Poem, Implicitly Translated and by Ange Denis M'Quin (1820)
"Cato is very lavish in his encomiums upon this cruciferous vegetable; and, with
Pythagoras, holds it as a general remedy for all diseases. ..."
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