- cruciferous vegetable - a vegetable of the mustard family: especially mustard greens; various cabbages; broccoli; cauliflower; brussels sprouts
--1 is a kind of vegetable, veggie
--1 is a part of crucifer, cruciferous plant
--1 has particulars:mustard, mustard greens, leaf mustard, Indian mustard; cabbage, chou; broccoli; cauliflower; brussels sprout, brussels sprouts; broccoli rabe, broccoli raab; kohlrabi, turnip cabbage; radish; turnip