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broccoli

[brok-uh-lee, brok-lee]

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noun

a form of a cultivated cruciferous plant, Brassica oleracea botrytis, whose leafy stalks and clusters of usually green buds are eaten as a vegetable.

Compare cauliflower.

Origin:
1690–1700; < Italian, plural of broccolo, equivalent to brocc(o) sprout (< Late Latin; see broach) + -olo diminutive suffix

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

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Broccoli rabe usually doesn't make it past a sauté pan with garlic and olive oil, nor does it need to.

She'd pull out that anecdote any time one of us kids balked at our broccoli.

Supermarkets now sell books alongside broccoli and baby food.

It's a vitamin packed veggie related to broccoli that's easy to cook and quite tasty.

Romanesco broccoli displays its fractal-esque nature.

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British researchers are cross-breeding regular broccoli with another type of broccoli that contains cancer-preventing compounds.

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Cut the remaining tough stem from the broccoli flowerettes.

The never-ending broccoli below us, smooth as a green ocean.

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The fossil resembled a single sprout plucked from a head of broccoli.

Using a paring knife, cut off and discard tough bottoms of broccoli stalks.

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It is also possible that some specific foods, such as tomatoes, broccoli and other cruciferous.

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He made colourful references to libertarian websites, broccoli and the government's takeover of.

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The valley itself is green with cabbages and broccoli growing in neat rows.

Slice the broccoli stems diagonally into paper-thin slices.

Broccoli rabe usually doesn't make it past a sauté pan with garlic and olive oil, nor does it need.

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Use the same pot in which you blanch or steam the broccoli to cook the.

But even through the mind-fog, one thing pierced my brain the next morning: orchiette with broccoli rabe and croutons.

In this risotto, diced broccoli stems retain a nice texture that contrasts well with the tender flowers.

Overcooked broccoli is mushy and has an unpleasant flavor.

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Most salad bars have sliced onions and broccoli florets, which will reduce preparation time significantly.

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Collins

World English Dictionary

broccoli (ˈbrɒkəlɪ)

—n
1.	a cultivated variety of cabbage, Brassica oleracea italica, having branched greenish flower heads
2.	the flower head of this plant, eaten as a vegetable before the buds have opened
3.	a variety of this plant that does not form a head, whose stalks are eaten as a vegetable

[C17: from Italian, plural of broccolo a little sprout, from brocco sprout, spike; see brocade]

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Word Origin & History

broccoli

1690s, from It. span class="foreign">broccoli, pl. of broccolo "a sprout, cabbage sprout," dim. of brocco "shoot, protruding tooth, small nail" (see brocade).

Slang Dictionary

coli definition

[ˈbɑk ə li, ˈkɑli]
and broccoli

n.
marijuana. (Drugs. From broccoli.) : Who got into my stash and took the coli? , Don't forget your broccoli! Love them vegetables!

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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