BRASSICA OLERACEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Brassica oleracea mean? 

• BRASSICA OLERACEA (noun)
  The noun BRASSICA OLERACEA has 2 senses:

1. any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers

2. wild original of cultivated cabbages; common in western coastal Europe

  Familiarity information: BRASSICA OLERACEA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRASSICA OLERACEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Brassica oleracea; cabbage; cultivated cabbage

Hypernyms ("Brassica oleracea" is a kind of...):

crucifer; cruciferous plant (any of various plants of the family Cruciferae)

Meronyms (parts of "Brassica oleracea"):

cabbage; chou (any of various types of cabbage)

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

Brassica oleracea capitata; head cabbage; head cabbage plant (any of various cultivated cabbage plants having a short thick stalk and large compact head of edible usually green leaves)

Holonyms ("Brassica oleracea" is a member of...):

Brassica; genus Brassica (mustards: cabbages; cauliflowers; turnips; etc.)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Wild original of cultivated cabbages; common in western coastal Europe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Brassica oleracea; wild cabbage

Hypernyms ("Brassica oleracea" is a kind of...):

crucifer; cruciferous plant (any of various plants of the family Cruciferae)

Holonyms ("Brassica oleracea" is a member of...):

Brassica; genus Brassica (mustards: cabbages; cauliflowers; turnips; etc.)