the worthless word for the day is: brassica
[L., cabbage] /BRASS ikuh/
plants of the mustard family, including cabbage,
cauliflower, broccoli, and turnip
"The brassica industry is utilising biological and
cultural pest management integrated with chemical
control."
- Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries
Queensland, 25 August 2004
"He remembered joining.. The Men Of The Furrow, in
some town out in the stalks.*... *In areas more
wooded, less dominated by the cabbage and general
brassica industry, it would, of course, have been
in the sticks." - Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
(not to be confused with brass bands, brass knuckles,
brass tacks, top brass, etc.)