A genus of plants in the cabbage family that includes broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, and Brussels sprouts.
From Latin 'brassica' meaning cabbage, of uncertain ultimate origin but possibly related to Celtic roots. The scientific name preserves the ancient Roman word for these vegetables.
Brassicas are nutritional powerhouses that people have bred into wildly different shapes—wild brassicas are tiny, but humans turned them into massive cabbages and broccoli heads through selective breeding over thousands of years!
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