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broccoli Definition


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broccoli
noun broccolis (plural in sense 1 only)
    1. A type of cultivated cabbage grown for its green leafy stalks and branched heads of flower buds. Also called sprouting broccoli.
    2. The immature buds of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.
Etymology: 17c: plural of Italian broccolo ‘little shoot', from brocco a shoot.



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