单词 | cabbage family |
释义 | > as lemmascabbage family cabbage family n. the plant family Brassicaceae ( Cruciferae); (also) the genus Brassica, which includes many plants used as vegetables, as cabbage, broccoli, turnip, swede, etc. ΚΠ 1789 J. Abercrombie Compl. Kitchen Gardener 217 Rape is a biennial plant of the cabbage family and open colewort tribe, cultivated in gardens principally as a small sallad herb. 1849 Ann. Hort. 165/1 There is scarcely any crop so useful and so hardy as the various branches of the Cabbage family, and we hold it almost the highest in estimation after the potato. 1925 Times 3 Jan. 13/6 It is seldom wise to grow any of the cabbage family successively on the same site. 2010 R. Stirzaker Out of Scientist’s Garden ii. 16 The cabbage family grows best when it starts in the warmth of the late summer and then matures into the winter. < as lemmas |
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