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Brussels sprout

Brus·sels sprout (plural Brus·sels sprouts)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. green vegetable like tiny cabbage: a small green swollen bud like a tiny cabbage that is eaten as a vegetable

2. plant producing edible green buds: a plant related to cabbage that has a thick stalk lined with Brussels sprouts. Latin name Brassica oleracea.

[Because first grown near Brussels]
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