Mustard is of the brassica family.
Mustard, most likely, although the Latin word 'brassica' originally meant 'cabbage.'
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Yes, Brassica is a Latin origin word. It's the botanical Latin name for some of the cabbage, cauliflower, mustard, rapeseed and turnip members of the crucifer family of vegetables. But no, Cumin isn't a Latin origin word. Instead, it comes from the Arabic 'kammun', and refers to the spice whose botanical name is Cumin cyminum.
Brassica is a botanical Latin name for the mustardspice. Specifically, it's the name of the genus to which mustards tend to belong. A genus refers to a biological division that's lower than a family and higher than a species. It groups organisms that have similar body structures, that resemble each other in general form and shape. In a way, an equivalent is the use of a last name by a group of individuals who are related and more or less look like one another.But there are other plants that share that genus name. For example, the scientific name Brassica napus refers to turnip. The name Brassica oleracea refers to cabbage, cauliflower, and wild mustard. The name Brassica rapa refers to rapeseed.
Broccoli (Brassica oleracea italica) takes its name from the Italian brocco and the Latin bracchiummeaning arm, branch, or shoot.
Brassica Pekinensis
Brassica Oleracea
'Rudabaker' is more accurately spelt 'rutabaga'. It is also known as a swede or a (yellow) turnip. Its Latin name is Brassica napobrassica, or Brassica napus. It is a root vegetable which is a cross between a cabbage and a turnip.
Family name: Brassicaceae, Species (scientific name): Brassica oleracea.
the scientific name of pechay is 'Brassica rapa'
The binomial name for Brassica, which includes popular vegetables like cabbage, broccoli, and Brussels sprouts, is Brassica oleracea.
Brassica nigraBrassica nigra is called rai & Brassica juncea is mustard