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| broc·co·li [ brókəlee ] |
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1. edible flower head: heads of tight green, purple, or white flower buds, cooked and eaten as a vegetable
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2. plant with edible flower head: a plant of the cabbage family that produces broccoli. Heading broccoli has green flower heads like cauliflower, and sprouting broccoli has multiple small purple or white flowering shoots. Latin name Brassica oleraceaitalica.
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| [Mid-17th century. < Italian, plural of broccolo "cabbage sprout" < brocco "shoot" < Latin brocchus] |
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