Rape, n.  Bot. A name given to a variety or to varieties of a plant of the turnip kind, grown for seeds and herbage. The seeds are used for the production of rape oil, and to a limited extent for the food of cage birds.
 Note: ☞ These plants, with the edible turnip, have been variously named, but are all now believed to be derived from the Brassica campestris of Europe, which by some is not considered distinct from the wild stock (Brassica oleracea) of the cabbage. See Cole.
 Broom rape. Bot. See Broom rape, in the Vocabulary.
 Rape cake, the refuse remaining after the oil has been expressed from the rape seed.
 Rape root. Same as Rape.
 Summer rape. Bot. See Colza.
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 Bras·si·ca prop. n.  Bot. A genus of plants embracing several species and varieties differing much in appearance and qualities: such as the common cabbage (Brassica oleracea), broccoli, cauliflowers, etc.; the wild turnip (Brassica campestris); the common turnip (Brassica rapa); the rape or coleseed (Brassica napus), etc.
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 Broc·co·li n.  Bot. A plant of the Cabbage species (Brassica oleracea) of many varieties, resembling the cauliflower. The “curd,” or flowering head, is the part used for food.
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 Cab·bage n.  Bot.
 1. An esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the wild Brassica oleracea of Europe.  The common cabbage has a compact head of leaves.  The cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, etc., are sometimes classed as cabbages.
 2. The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like, cabbage, for food. See Cabbage tree, below.
 3. The cabbage palmetto. See below.
 Cabbage aphis Zoöl., a green plant-louse (Aphis brassicæ) which lives upon the leaves of the cabbage.
 Cabbage beetle Zoöl., a small, striped flea-beetle (Phyllotreta vittata) which lives, in the larval state, on the roots, and when adult, on the leaves, of cabbage and other cruciferous plants.
 Cabbage fly Zoöl., a small two-winged fly (Anthomyia brassicæ), which feeds, in the larval or maggot state, on the roots of the cabbage, often doing much damage to the crop.
 Cabbage head, the compact head formed by the leaves of a cabbage; -- contemptuously or humorously, and colloquially, a very stupid and silly person; a numskull.
 Cabbage palmetto, a species of palm tree (Sabal Palmetto) found along the coast from North Carolina to Florida.
 Cabbage rose Bot., a species of rose (Rosa centifolia) having large and heavy blossoms.
 Cabbage tree, Cabbage palm, a name given to palms having a terminal bud called a cabbage, as the Sabal Palmetto of the United States, and the Euterpe oleracea and Oreodoxa oleracea of the West Indies.
 Sea cabbage.Bot. (a) Sea kale (b). The original Plant (Brassica oleracea), from which the cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, etc., have been derived by cultivation.
 Thousand-headed cabbage. See Brussels sprouts.
 Cau·li·flow·er n.
 1. Bot. An annual variety of Brassica oleracea, or cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.
 2. The edible head or “curd” of a cauliflower plant.
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 Cole n.  Bot. A plant of the Brassica or Cabbage genus; esp. that form of Brassica oleracea called rape and coleseed.
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 col·lards n. pl.
 1. Young cabbage, used as “greens”; esp. the leaves of a kind of kale (Brassica oleracea acephala) cultivated for that purpose, the collard or colewort. [Colloq. Southern U. S.]
 Syn: -- collard greens.
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 Col·za n.  Bot. A variety of cabbage (Brassica oleracea), cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil valued for illuminating and lubricating purposes; summer rape.
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 Brassica oleracea
      n 1: any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea
           grown for their edible leaves or flowers [syn: cabbage,
            cultivated cabbage]
      2: wild original of cultivated cabbages; common in western
         coastal Europe [syn: wild cabbage]