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Synonyms cruciferous plant
Type of herbaceous plant, herb
Has types anastatica hierochuntica, bok choi, bok choy, borecole, brassica oleracea, brassica oleracea acephala, brassica oleracea botrytis, brassica oleracea gemmifera, brassica oleracea gongylodes, brassica oleracea italica, brassica perviridis, brassica rapa chinensis, brassica rapa pekinensis, brassica rapa perviridis, brassica rapa ruvo, broccoli, broccoli raab, broccoli rabe, brussels sprout, cabbage, camelina sativa, capsella bursa-pastoris, cauliflower, celery cabbage, chinese cabbage, chinese white cabbage, cole, colewort, cress, cress plant, wild cabbage, alyssum, shepherd's purse, spinach mustard, stephanomeria malheurensis, tendergreen, turnip plant, alliaria officinalis, cultivated cabbage, garlic mustard, gold of pleasure, hedge garlic, jack-by-the-hedge, kail, kale, kohlrabi, madwort, malheur wire lettuce, mustard, napa, pak choi, pakchoi, pe-tsai, radish, radish plant, resurrection plant, rose of jericho, sauce-alone, shepherd's pouch

Examples of crucifer

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Stuart Benjamin Noel of Sharon, Massachusetts, cousin of the groom, was the crucifer.
From the inrich.com
Botanically, crucifer means any plant of the family that produces mustard.
From the time.com
Serving as crucifer was John Dixon Durkee, cousin of the bride, of Birmingham, Alabama.
From the al.com
Romanesco is a crucifer that looks like a lime-tinted cauliflower with pointed florets.
From the sfgate.com
Horseradish is a member of the crucifer family, along with radishes, turnips and mustard.
From the guardian.co.uk
The genome of the extremophile crucifer Thellungiella parvula.
From the nature.com
Related to neither horse nor radish, it's a fiery, perennial member of the crucifer family of vegetables.
From the post-gazette.com
It leaches out the nutrients, turns this vibrant crucifer into a pallid mess and releases a skunky, sulfuric smell.
From the sacbee.com
The researchers have successfully tested the synthetic paldoxins in the lab on several crucifer plants, including rapeseed plants and mustard greens.
From the sciencedaily.com
More examples
  • Any of various plants of the family Cruciferae
  • A crucifer is, in some Christian churches (particularly the Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, Methodists, and Lutherans), a person appointed to carry the church's processional cross, a cross or crucifix with a long staff, during processions at the beginning and end of the service.
  • A person who carries a cross in a religious procession; a member of the family Cruciferae, the cabbage family, including cabbage and mustard
  • (Cruciferous (cruciform)) Plant belonging to the family whose leaves form a cross-like shape, such as wallflowers and cabbages.
  • (Cruciferous) Crossed-shaped. Used to refer to a group of vegetables that include broccili, cabbage and cauliflower.
  • A person in a religious procession who carries a large cross (a processional cross), and leads the procession into the church and the recession out of the church.
  • Crucifier is derived from Latin meaning "cross-bearer." Acolyte or a clergyman is the one who carries the cross in a church procession before the service or mass. The crucifer is followed by the choir, the acolytes, the lay ministers, and then the clergy in order of rank (highest last).
  • A member of the plant family that includes broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, radish, turnip, brussels sprouts and kohlrabi.