Bot. [L.; = cabbage.] A genus of cruciferous plants, containing the cabbage in its many varieties, the turnip, rape, etc.
1832. Veg. Subst. Food, 258. Some species of brassica … was introduced into this country by the Romans.
1854. Bushnan, in Circ. Sc. (c. 1865), II. 27/2. The leaves of the various species of brassica.
