broccoli

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  1. noun A vegetable (Brassica oleracea var. italica) in the mustard family, closely related to the cauliflower and having dense clusters of numerous green flower buds.
  2. noun The flower clusters of this plant, eaten as a vegetable before the flower buds open.

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  1. Italian, pl. of broccolo, flowering sprout of a turnip, diminutive of brocco, shoot, sprout, from Vulgar Latin *brocca, spike; see brocade.

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  1. Italian, plural of broccolo, a sprout, cabbage-sprout, diminutive of brocco, a spit, skewer, shoot: see broach.
 

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