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Broccoli   /brˈɑkəli/  /brˈɑkli/   Listen
Broccoli

noun
1.
Plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds.  Synonym: Brassica oleracea italica.
2.
Branched green undeveloped flower heads.



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"Broccoli" Quotes from Famous Books



... Broccoli if not fresh is apt to be bitter in spite of good cooking. Strip off all the side shoots, leaving only the top; cut the stalk close to the bottom of the bunch, throw into cold water for half an hour, drain, tie in ...
— Vaughan's Vegetable Cook Book (4th edition) - How to Cook and Use Rarer Vegetables and Herbs • Anonymous
... the colewort tribe, including cabbage, cauliflower, brussels-sprouts, broccoli, and curly greens, have been celebrated from very ancient times for their curative virtues in pulmonary complaints. And Athenian doctors prescribed cabbage for nursing mothers. On account of the sulphur contained ...
— Food Remedies - Facts About Foods And Their Medicinal Uses • Florence Daniel
... Resina, where his father lived, he overtook Francisco, who was leading his father's ass. The ass was laden with large panniers, which were filled with the stalks and leaves of cauliflowers, cabbages, broccoli, lettuces, etc.— all the refuse of the Neapolitan kitchens, which are usually collected by the gardeners' boys, and carried to the gardens round Naples, to ...
— The Parent's Assistant • Maria Edgeworth


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