broccoli | (n) plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds, Syn. Brassica oleracea italica |
brussels sprout | (n) plant grown for its stout stalks of edible small green heads resembling diminutive cabbages, Syn. Brassica oleracea gemmifera |
cabbage | (n) any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers, Syn. Brassica oleracea, cultivated cabbage |
cauliflower | (n) a plant having a large edible head of crowded white flower buds, Syn. Brassica oleracea botrytis |
head cabbage | (n) any of various cultivated cabbage plants having a short thick stalk and large compact head of edible usually green leaves, Syn. Brassica oleracea capitata, head cabbage plant |
kale | (n) a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head, Syn. Brassica oleracea acephala, kail, borecole, cole, colewort |
kohlrabi | (n) plant cultivated for its enlarged fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem, Syn. Brassica oleracea gongylodes |
wild cabbage | (n) wild original of cultivated cabbages; common in western coastal Europe, Syn. Brassica oleracea |