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 Noun
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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 Noun
broccoli (plural broccolis)
- 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.
- French: brocoli
- German: Broccoli, Brokkoli
- Italian: broccolo
- Portuguese: brócolis
- Russian: бро́кколи
- Spanish: brécol, bróculi, brócoli
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