brassica

From Latin brassica

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹæs.ɪ.kə/

brassica (plural brassicas)

1. Any of many plants of the genus Brassica, including cabbage, mustard and rapes

• (plant of genus Brassica): crucifer

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Unknown origin. Suggested derivations include

• Ancient Greek αποτονβραξειν (apotonbraxein), corresponding to vorare (“to devour”)
• From Proto-Celtic *bresic, *bresych (“cabbage”) (though this could have been a reverse borrowing); compare Welsh bresych
• Contraction of praesecare (“to cut off early”), from prae- + secare, referring to its harvesting during the autumn for early winter food
• From Ancient Greek βραοσειν (braosein, “to crackle”), referring to the sound of the leaves
• From a Latin word meaning "to cut off the head," attested in a Plautus comedy.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbras.si.ka/, [ˈbras.sɪ.ka]

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brassica f (genitive brassicae); first declension

1. especially cabbage, but including cauliflower and other varieties of Brassica oleracea

   Synonym: caulis

First declension.

• English: brassica
• Translingual: Brassica
• Old Irish: praisech
  • Irish: praiseach
• Welsh bresych

• brassica in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• brassica in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• brassica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Dixon, Geoffrey (2007): Vegetable Brassicas and Related Crucifers
• Henslow (1908)
• Hegi (1919)
• Gates (1953)