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Definition of Brassica oleracea
1. Noun. Any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers.
Terms within: Cabbage, Chou
Generic synonyms: Crucifer, Cruciferous Plant
Group relationships: Brassica, Genus Brassica
Specialized synonyms: Brassica Oleracea Capitata, Head Cabbage, Head Cabbage Plant
2. Noun. Wild original of cultivated cabbages; common in western coastal Europe.
Generic synonyms: Crucifer, Cruciferous Plant
Group relationships: Brassica, Genus Brassica
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brassica Oleracea
| Brasenia Brasenia schreberi Brasil Brasilia Bratanek |
Literary usage of Brassica oleracea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Evolution by Atrophy in Biology and Sociology by Jean Demoor, Jean Massart, Emile Vandervelde (1899)
"ancestral stages, and thus there is no evidence that degeneration retraces the
path of progressive evolution. In the cauliflower (brassica oleracea, var. ..."
2. The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin (1900)
"brassica oleracea ... But in a future chapter we shall have to recur to the
movements of certain cotyledons which sleep at night. brassica oleracea ..."
3. Charles Darwin's Works by Charles Darwin (1896)
"But in a future chapter we shall have to recur to the movements of certain
cotyledons which sleep at night. brassica oleracea ..."
4. Cultivated Plants: Their Propagation and Improvement by Frederick William Thomas Burbridge (1877)
"For a valuable memoir on the races, varieties, and sub- varieties of the Wild
Cabbage (brassica oleracea), see ' Trans. Hort. Soc.,' 1821-24, v. i, ..."
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