[ˈbrɒkəli], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a cultivated variety of cabbage bearing heads of green or purplish flower buds that are eaten as a vegetable


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Origin:
mid 17th century: from Italian, plural of broccolo ‘cabbage sprout, head’, diminutive of brocco ‘shoot’, based on Latin brocchus, broccus ‘projecting’