brassica

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin brassica. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈbɹæs.ɪ.kə/ === Noun === brassica (plural brassicas or brassicae) Any of many plants of the genus Brassica, including cabbage, mustard and rapes Synonym: crucifer ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === Brassica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Brassica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Brassica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons == Latin == === Etymology === Unknown origin. Suggested derivations include a contraction of praesecāre, a compound of prae- (“before, in front”) + secāre (“to cut, to cut off”), interpreted as either “to cut off early” – referring to its harvesting during the autumn for early winter food – or as “to cut off the head”, attested in the latter sense in a Plautus comedy. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbras.sɪ.ka] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbras.si.ka] === Noun === brassica f (genitive brassicae); first declension especially cabbage, but including cauliflower and other varieties of Brassica oleracea Synonym: caulis ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Italian: brasca Borrowings: → English: brassica → Old Irish: praissech Irish: praiseach → Proto-Brythonic: *brėsɨx Middle Welsh: bressych Welsh: bresych → Proto-Slavic: *brosky (see there for further descendants) →? Serbo-Croatian: raštika → Translingual: Brassica === References === “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, G. (1908) History of the cabbage tribe. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society 34, 15–23. Hegi, G. (1919) Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa. NBd IV/1. Lehmann Verlag, Munich. Gates, R.R. (1953) Wild cabbages and the effects of cultivation. Journal of Genetics 51(2), 363–372.