Cruciferous

created by Webster 1913

(idea) by enkidu (10 mon) (print) ? I like it! Sat Mar 10 2001 at 5:25:16

A group of plants from the families Cruciferae and Brassicaceae, also know as the mustard family. They include a variety of plants and weeds, and the food crops cabbage, radish, broccoli, cauliflower, and brussels sprouts.

These foods are all best eaten fresh and raw, or with minimal blanching. They become bitter when old, and release a bad sulfurous aroma when overcooked.

The name comes from the Latin root crux, for cross, referring to the plants' characteristic four-leaf clusters. It may also refer to other things with a cross-like shape, although a more common term is "cruciform".

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) I like it! Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:49:39

Cru*cif"er*ous (kr?-s?f"?r-?s), a. [L. crux, crucis, cross + -ferous: cf. F. crucifre.]

Bearing a cross.

2. Bot.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants which have four petals arranged like the arms of a cross, as the mustard, radish, turnip, etc.

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mustard	Brussels sprouts	Blanch	Fresh
Cabbage	herpes	Coralwort	cauliflower
Brassica	rocket	Sauerkraut	Nasturtium
Ragged Robin	blood type diet	Crucifer	sulfurous
radish	broccoli

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