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Word: Broccoli
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 17th century: from Italian, plural of broccolo ‘cabbage sprout, head’, diminutive of brocco ‘shoot’, based on Latin brocchus, broccus ‘projecting’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈbrɒkəli
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a cultivated variety of cabbage bearing heads of green or purplish flower buds that are eaten as a vegetable.
Short Definition:cultivated variety of cabbage eaten as vegetable
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