crucifer

cru·ci·fer  (krs-fr)

n.

1. One who bears a cross in a religious procession.

2. Botany Any of various plants in the mustard family (Cruciferae or Brassicaceae), which includes the alyssum, candytuft, cabbage, radish, broccoli, and many weeds.

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[Late Latin : Latin crux, cruc-, cross + Latin -fer, -fer.]

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cru·cifer·ous (-sfr-s) adj.

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crucifer  (krs-fr)

Any of various plants in the mustard family (Cruciferae or Brassicaceae), including many important food plants, such as bok choy, cabbage, and radishes, as well as certain ornamental flowers.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

crucifer - any of various plants of the family Cruciferae cruciferous plant cruciferous vegetable - a vegetable of the mustard family: especially mustard greens; various cabbages; broccoli; cauliflower; brussels sprouts Brassicaceae, Cruciferae, family Brassicaceae, family Cruciferae, mustard family - a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives 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 wild cabbage, Brassica oleracea - wild original of cultivated cabbages; common in western coastal Europe Brassica oleracea, cultivated cabbage, 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 borecole, Brassica oleracea acephala, 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, celery cabbage, Chinese cabbage, napa, pe-tsai - plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery; used as a vegetable in east Asia bok choi, bok choy, Brassica rapa chinensis, Chinese white cabbage, 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 plant, radish - a cruciferous plant of the genus Raphanus having a pungent edible root malheur wire lettuce, Stephanomeria malheurensis - a small plant of Oregon resembling mustard; a threatened species herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests