CRUCIFER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crucifer mean? 

• CRUCIFER (noun)
  The noun CRUCIFER has 1 sense:

1. any of various plants of the family Cruciferae

  Familiarity information: CRUCIFER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRUCIFER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various plants of the family Cruciferae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

crucifer; cruciferous plant

Hypernyms ("crucifer" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Meronyms (parts of "crucifer"):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crucifer"):

Brassica oleracea gongylodes; kohlrabi (plant cultivated for its enlarged fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem)

malheur wire lettuce; Stephanomeria malheurensis (a small plant of Oregon resembling mustard; a threatened species)

radish; radish plant (a cruciferous plant of the genus Raphanus having a pungent edible root)

Capsella bursa-pastoris; shepherd's pouch; shepherd's purse (white-flowered annual European herb bearing triangular notched pods; nearly cosmopolitan as an introduced weed)

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)

Brassica perviridis; Brassica rapa perviridis; spinach mustard; tendergreen (Asiatic plant cultivated for its swollen root crown and edible foliage)

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 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)

mustard (any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica)

Brassica rapa ruvo; broccoli raab; broccoli rabe (plant grown for its pungent edible leafy shoots)

turnip plant (any of several widely cultivated plants having edible roots)

borecole; Brassica oleracea acephala; cole; colewort; kail; kale (a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head)

Brassica oleracea italica; broccoli (plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds)

Brassica oleracea botrytis; cauliflower (a plant having a large edible head of crowded white flower buds)

Brassica oleracea gemmifera; brussels sprout (plant grown for its stout stalks of edible small green heads resembling diminutive cabbages)

Brassica oleracea; cabbage; cultivated cabbage (any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers)

Brassica oleracea; wild cabbage (wild original of cultivated cabbages; common in western coastal Europe)

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)

alyssum; madwort (any garden plant of the genus Alyssum having clusters of small yellow or white flowers)

Alliaria officinalis; garlic mustard; hedge garlic; jack-by-the-hedge; sauce-alone (European herb that smells like garlic)

cress; cress plant (any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste)

Holonyms ("crucifer" is a member of...):

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)