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BRASSICA OLERACEA GEMMIFERA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Brassica oleracea gemmifera mean? 

BRASSICA OLERACEA GEMMIFERA (noun)
  The noun BRASSICA OLERACEA GEMMIFERA has 1 sense:

1. plant grown for its stout stalks of edible small green heads resembling diminutive cabbagesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


BRASSICA OLERACEA GEMMIFERA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Plant grown for its stout stalks of edible small green heads resembling diminutive cabbages

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Brassica oleracea gemmifera; brussels sprout

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

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

Meronyms (parts of "Brassica oleracea gemmifera"):

brussels sprouts (the small edible cabbage-like buds growing along a stalk of the brussels sprout plant)


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