noun
- Plural of crambe; plants of the genus Crambe, which includes colewort and sea kale, grown for their edible shoots or as ornamentals.
Usage: botanical term; primarily used in gardening and horticultural contexts
Examples
- The gardener planted several crambes in the vegetable patch for their tender spring shoots.
- Crambes are members of the Brassicaceae family, related to cabbage and broccoli.
- Some crambes are cultivated as ornamental foliage plants in perennial borders.
- The crambes in the coastal garden thrived in the salty soil conditions.