Noun: family Cruciferae
- A large family of plants with four-petalled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives
"Many common vegetables belong to the family Cruciferae";
- Cruciferae, Brassicaceae, family Brassicaceae, mustard family
Type of: dilleniid dicot family
Part of: order Papaverales, order Rhoeadales, Papaverales, Rhoeadales