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"Cabbage" was originally used to refer to multiple forms of B. oleracea, including those with loose or non-existent heads. [20] A related species, Brassica rapa, is commonly named Chinese, napa or celery cabbage, and has many of the same uses. [21] It is also a part of common names for several unrelated species.
Cabbage plants Cruciferous vegetables are vegetables of the family Brassicaceae (also called Cruciferae) with many genera, species, and cultivars being raised for food production such as cauliflower , cabbage , kale , garden cress , bok choy , broccoli , Brussels sprouts , mustard plant and similar green leaf vegetables .
Watercress or yellowcress (Nasturtium officinale) is a species of aquatic flowering plant in the cabbage family, Brassicaceae. Watercress is a rapidly growing perennial plant native to Eurasia. It is one of the oldest known leaf vegetables consumed by humans.
Kulavruttantas are categorically published by family name, or surname, [1] and are usually in Marathi. [2] They usually document various aspects of that particular family's history, heraldry, the etymology of their name, ancestral land holdings, migration maps, and religious traditions. [3]
Kohlrabi has been created by artificial selection for lateral meristem growth (a swollen, nearly spherical shape); its origin in nature is the same as that of cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, collard greens, and Brussels sprouts: they are all bred from, and are the same species as, the wild cabbage plant (Brassica oleracea).
The term colewort is a medieval term for non-heading brassica crops. [2] [3]The term collard has been used to include many non-heading Brassica oleracea crops. While American collards are best placed in the Viridis crop group, [4] the acephala (Greek for 'without a head') cultivar group is also used referring to a lack of close-knit core of leaves (a "head") like cabbage does, making collards ...
The Marathi historian D.S. Parasnis and his co-author, the British Raj High Court judge, C.A. Kincaid of colonial-era India, wrote in 1908 that the origin of the name Gaekwad is a combination of two Marathi words. In Marathi: gai means cow and kavad means small door. Therefore, gaekwad (or gaikwad) denotes cow door. [9]
The Ghorpade dynasty was also a significant patron of the arts and culture, promoting traditional Marathi culture while fostering developments in classical music, dance, and the fine arts. Their patronage extended to building temples, supporting festivals, and providing scholarships for students to study abroad. [12]