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Definition of Genus brassica
1. Noun. Mustards: cabbages; cauliflowers; turnips; etc..
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Brassicaceae, Cruciferae, Family Brassicaceae, Family Cruciferae, Mustard Family
Member holonyms: Brassica Oleracea, Wild Cabbage, Brassica Oleracea, Cabbage, Cultivated Cabbage, Brassica Oleracea Italica, Broccoli, Borecole, Brassica Oleracea Acephala, Cole, Colewort, Kail, Kale, Brassica Oleracea Gongylodes, Kohlrabi, Brassica Rapa, Turnip, White Turnip, Brassica Napus Napobrassica, Rutabaga, Rutabaga Plant, Swede, Swedish Turnip, Turnip Cabbage, Brassica Rapa Ruvo, Broccoli Raab, Broccoli Rabe, Mustard, Brassica Juncea, Chinese Mustard, Gai Choi, Indian Mustard, Leaf Mustard, Brassica Rapa Pekinensis, Celery Cabbage, Chinese Cabbage, Napa, Pe-tsai, Bok Choi, Bok Choy, Brassica Rapa Chinensis, Chinese White Cabbage, Pak Choi, Pakchoi, Brassica Perviridis, Brassica Rapa Perviridis, Spinach Mustard, Tendergreen, Black Mustard, Brassica Nigra, Brassica Napus, Colza, Rape
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Brassica
Literary usage of Genus brassica
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Breeding Crop Plants by Herbert Kendall Hayes, Ralph John Garber (1921)
"CULTIVATED VEGETABLES OF THE genus brassica Cabbage and several other vegetables
such as cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, kohl-rabi, and rutabagas, ..."
2. Agricultural Botany: Theoretical and Practical by John Percival (1921)
"The seeds of several species belonging to the genus Brassica furnish oil which
is sold under the name of Colza oil or Rape oil. A number of plants, ..."
3. Agricultural Botany, Theoretical and Practical by John Percival (1913)
"The seeds of several species belonging to the genus Brassica furnish oil which
is sold under the name of Colza oil or Rape oil. A number of plants, ..."
4. Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and by Francis Peyre Porcher (1869)
"... cultivated for the production of oil belong to the genus Brassica ; all plants
of this genus produce seeds containing considerable quantities of oil, ..."
5. Wild flowers by Anne Pratt (1853)
"... coasts of Britain, and its bright lemon-coloured blossoms, veined with purple,
appear in July. The genus Brassica contains, besides, the Common Wild ..."
6. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication by Charles Darwin (1887)
"The other cultivated forms of the genus Brassica are descended, according to the
view adopted by Godron and Metzger," from two species, B. napus and rapu ..."
7. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication by Charles Darwin (1890)
"The other cultivated forms of the genus Brassica are descended, according to the
view adopted by Godron and Metzger,76 from two species, B. napus and rapa ..."
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