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Noun: Brassicaceae
  1. A large family of plants with four-petalled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives
    - Cruciferae, family Cruciferae, family Brassicaceae, mustard family

Type of: dilleniid dicot family

Part of: order Papaverales, order Rhoeadales, Papaverales, Rhoeadales

Encyclopedia: Brassicaceae

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Brassica oleracea capitata
Brassica oleracea gemmifera
Brassica oleracea gongylodes
Brassica oleracea italica
Brassica perviridis
Brassica rapa
Brassica rapa chinensis
Brassica rapa pekinensis
Brassica rapa perviridis
Brassica rapa ruvo
Brassicaceae
brassie
brassiere
brassiness
brasslike
brassware
brassy
brat
Bratislava
brattice
brattiness