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Mustard Family

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Noun

1. brassicaceae, cruciferae, family brassicaceae, family cruciferae, mustard family

a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Mustard Family

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n.
A large family of herbs, the Brassicaceae (or Cruciferae), characterized by flowers with four petals arranged in a cross, usually long narrow seedpods, and a pungent odor or taste, and including vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, radishes, and watercress.

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