Definition of B oleracea. Meaning of B oleracea. Synonyms of B oleracea

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Definition of B oleracea

B oleracea
Rape Rape, n. [L. rapa, rapum, akin to Gr. ?, ?, G. r["u]be.] (Bot.) A name given to a variety or to varieties of a plant of the turnip kind, grown for seeds and herbage. The seeds are used for the production of rape oil, and to a limited extent for the food of cage birds. Note: These plants, with the edible turnip, have been variously named, but are all now believed to be derived from the Brassica campestris of Europe, which by some is not considered distinct from the wild stock (B. oleracea) of the cabbage. See Cole. Broom rape. (Bot.) See Broom rape, in the Vocabulary. Rape cake, the refuse remaining after the oil has been expressed from the seed. Rape root. Same as Rape. Summer rape. (Bot.) See Colza.
B oleracea
Brassica Bras"si*ca, n. [L., cabbage.] (Bot.) A genus of plants embracing several species and varieties differing much in appearance and qualities: such as the common cabbage (B. oleracea), broccoli, cauliflowers, etc.; the wild turnip (B. campestris); the common turnip (B. rapa); the rape or coleseed (B. napus), etc.
B oleracea
Cole Cole, n. [OE. col, caul, AS. cawl, cawel, fr. L. caulis, the stalk or stem of a plant, esp. a cabbage stalk, cabbage, akin to Gr. ?. Cf. Cauliflower, Kale.] (Bot.) A plant of the Brassica or Cabbage genus; esp. that form of B. oleracea called rape and coleseed.

Meaning of B oleracea from wikipedia

- form of the species, wild cabbage, is native to southwest Europe. Wild B. oleracea is a tall biennial plant that forms a stout rosette of large leaves in...
- its dense-leaved heads. It is descended from the wild cabbage (B. oleracea var. oleracea), and belongs to the "cole crops" or br****icas, meaning it is...
- Acephala (kale) cultivar group, it is also classified as the variety B. oleracea var. viridis. The plants are grown as a food crop for their large, dark-green...
- Broccoli (Br****ica oleracea var. italica) is an edible green plant in the cabbage family (family Br****icaceae, genus Br****ica) whose large flowering head...
- Cauliflower is one of several vegetables cultivated from the species Br****ica oleracea in the genus Br****ica, which is in the Br****icaceae (or mustard) family...
- agricultural importance. Six particular species (B. carinata, B. juncea, B. oleracea, B. napus, B. nigra, and B. rapa) evolved by the combining of chromosomes...
- (/keɪl/), also called leaf cabbage, belongs to a group of cabbage (Br****ica oleracea) cultivars primarily grown for their edible leaves. It has also been used...
- Acmella oleracea is a species of flowering herb in the family Asteraceae. Common names include toothache plant, Szechuan buttons, paracress, jambu, buzz...
- Carl Linnaeus in his 1753 work Species Plantarum as a variety of B. oleracea: B. oleracea var. napobr****ica. It has since been moved to other taxa as a variety...
- vegetable B. oleracea Alboglabra Group Rapeseed (油菜, p yóucài), the related B. napus consumed in China as a vegetable ("yu choy") Turnip, the same species B. rapa...