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Brussels sprout Definition


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Brussels sprout
brussels sprout
noun
    1. A type of cabbage, widely cultivated for its swollen edible buds, which develop in the leaf axils along the main stem.
    2. These buds cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
Etymology: 18c: first grown near Brussels, the capital of Belgium.



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