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broccoli¹

  • /ˈbɹɒk.ə.li/ UK
  • /ˈbɹɑ.kə.li/ US
  • /ˈbɹɑk.li/ US
  • /ˈbɹɔk.ə.liː/ Australia
  • /ˈbɹɔk.ə.lɑe/ Australia, nonstandard
  • /ˈbɹɒk(ə)li/ Canada
  • /ˈbɹɒk(ə)lɪ/ dialectal
  • /ˈbrɔːk.(ə).liː/ India
  • /broˈkoː.liː/ India
  • /brɒˈkoː.liː/ India

Where it comes from

First attested in 1699, Italian broccoli, plural of broccolo (“cabbage sprout, head”), diminutive of brocco (“shoot, sprout”) (which is also the origin of brocade), 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.

noun broccolis · broccoli · broccolo · brocoli · brockely

  1. countable, uncountable A plant, Brassica oleracea var. italica, of the cabbage family, Brassicaceae; especially, the tree-shaped flower and stalk that are eaten as a vegetable. You can also get oriental broccolis such as kailaan and nabana, which are easy to grow and really tasty.
  2. US, countable, slang, uncountable Marijuana. I be smokin' broccoli, mama told me eat my veggies

    Similar: bhang, benj, boo, broccoli, bud, buddha, cannabis, cheeba, choof, daccha, dank, devil's lettuce

noun broccolo · brocoli · brockely

  1. plural plural of broccolo

Broccoli²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Italian Broccoli.

proper noun Broccolis

  1. A surname from Italian.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: steamed, brockely, wild cabbage, cauliflower, wort, kale, romanesco, brassica, colewort, broccolini, cole, cabbage, brassicacean, broccoli rabe, baby broccoli, kohlrabi

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noun plant Brassica oleracea var. italica

Españolbrécol, bróculi, brócoli, brócol, brócul, bróquil
한국어브로콜리 beurokolli
日本語ブロッコリー burokkorī, 緑花野菜 midorihanayasai, 芽花野菜 mehanayasai
中文西蘭花 /西兰花 xīlánhuā, 西藍花 /西蓝花 xīlánhuā, 青花菜 qīnghuācài, 綠菜花 /绿菜花 lǜcàihuā, 綠花椰菜 /绿花椰菜 lǜhuāyēcài, lǜhuāyécài
हिन्दीब्रोकोली brokolī, हरी गोभी harī gobhī
Portuguêsbrócolis
Françaisbrocoli
DeutschBrokkoli
Italianobroccoli, broccolo
Ελληνικάμπρόκολο brókolo
Românăbroccoli
Русскийбро́кколи brókkoli
Tiếng Việtbông cải xanh
العربيةبْرُكُولِي brukūlī, بْرُوكُلِي brūkulī
עבריתבְּרוֹקוֹלִי brókoli

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@misc{broccoli_2026,
  title = {broccoli},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/broccoli},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}