broccoli
See also: Broccoli
English
Etymology
1699, Italian broccoli, plural of broccolo (“cabbage sprout, head”), diminutive of brocco (“shoot, sprout”) (which is also the origin of brocade[1]), from Latin broccus (“pointed, sharp, projecting; buck-toothed”), possibly of Gaulish origin, related to Proto-Celtic *brokkos (“badger”) or Proto-Celtic *brozdos (“tip, point”) (compare Scottish Gaelic brog (“pointed instrument, awl”), Welsh procio (“thrust, poke”), Old English brord (“point, spike”)). More at brochure, brad.
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file)
Noun
broccoli (plural broccolis or broccoli)
- A plant, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., of the cabbage family, Brassicaceae; especially, the tree-shaped flower and stalk that are eaten as a vegetable.
- Hyponym: (UK) Calabrese
- 2010, Sven Wombwell, Allotment Gardening For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons (→ISBN), Growing Oriental Leaf Vegetables:
- You can also get oriental broccolis such as kailaan and nabana, which are easy to grow and really tasty.
- 2013, Anselm Anyoha, MD, How Broccoli-Head Lost Thirty Pounds: A Handbook for Healthy Living, iUniverse (→ISBN), page 83:
- Examples of leafy vegetables are broccoli, spinach, celery, and chicory.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
plant Brassica oleracea var. italica
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References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “broccoli”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading
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Danish
Etymology
From the plural of Italian broccolo.
Noun
broccoli c (singular definite broccolien, plural indefinite broccoli)
Inflection
Declension of broccoli
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | broccoli | broccolien | broccoli | broccoliene |
genitive | broccolis | broccoliens | broccolis | broccolienes |
Italian
Pronunciation
Noun
broccoli m
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