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broccoli, brocoli|ˈbrɒkəlɪ|
[a. It. broccoli, pl. of broccolo cabbage-sprout or top, dim. of brocco shoot or stalk (see broach).]
One of the cultivated forms of the cabbage (Brassica oleracea botrytis asparagoides), the young inflorescence of which forms a close fleshy edible head: in its origin a more robust and hardy variety of the cauliflower. Broccoli is distinguished as green, purple, and white, the last hardly distinguishable from cauliflower, except in being in season in winter or early spring.
1699Evelyn Acetaria 16 The Broccoli from Naples. 1730–6Bailey, Brocoli, an Italian Plant of the Colly-Flower Kind. 1732Pope Hor. Sat. ii. ii. 138 Content with little, I can piddle here On brocoli and mutton round the year. 1737Miller Gard. Dict. s.v. Brassica, There are several kinds, viz. the Roman, Neapolitan, and black Broccoli. 1881Proc. Berw. Nat. Club IX. iii. 568 Winter vegetables, such as Celery, Brussel Sprouts, Brocoli.
b. Comb., broccoli-like adj.
1873Ferguson in Land of Moab 376 That sharp brocoli-like acanthus, which distinguishes the age of Justinian. |