broccoli
1699, Italian broccoli, plural of broccolo ("cabbage sprout, head"), diminutive of brocco ("shoot, sprout") (which is also the origin of brocade), from Latin broccus, possibly of cel-gau - origin, related to cel-pro *brokkos or cel-pro *brozdos (compare Scottish Gaelic brog, Welsh procio, Old English brord). Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈbɹɒ.kə.li/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈbɹɑ.kə.li/, /ˈbɹɑk.li/
  • (AU) IPA: /ˈbɹɒ.kə.li/
Noun

broccoli (plural broccolis)

  1. A plant, Brassica oleracea var. italica, of the cabbage family, Brassicaceae; especially, the tree-shaped flower and stalk that are eaten as a vegetable.
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    • 2010, Sven Wombwell, Allotment Gardening For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons (ISBN 9780470664483), Growing Oriental Leaf Vegetables ↗:
      You can also get oriental broccolis such as kailaan and nabana, which are easy to grow and really tasty.
    • 2013, Anselm Anyoha, MD, How Broccoli-Head Lost Thirty Pounds: A Handbook for Healthy Living, iUniverse (ISBN 9781475987584), page 83 ↗:
      Examples of leafy vegetables are broccoli, spinach, celery, and chicory.
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