wild cabbage

wild cabbage
noun
wild original of cultivated cabbages; common in western coastal Europe
• Syn: ↑Brassica oleracea
• Hypernyms: ↑crucifer, ↑cruciferous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Brassica, ↑genus Brassica

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noun
1. : a plant that is the wild original of the cultivated cabbage and is common near the seacoast in various parts of Europe
2. : a succulent herb (Caulanthus crassicaulis) of the family Cruciferae that is native to the western United States and has edible foliage

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