Cruciferae

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Cruciferae
    n 1: a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers;
         includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses,
         and their many relatives [syn: {Cruciferae}, {family
         Cruciferae}, {Brassicaceae}, {family Brassicaceae},
         {mustard family}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Cruciferae \Cruciferae\ n.
   a natural family of plants with four-petaled flowers; the
   mustard family.

   Syn: family {Cruciferae}, Brassicaceae, family
        {Brassicaceae}, mustard family.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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