brussels sprout
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Brussels sprout¹
- /ˌbɹʌsəl(z)ˈspɹaʊt/
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Recorded since 1748. Named after Brussels, where they were cultivated in the current form perhaps as early as the 13th c. Sprout is from Old English sprūtan (in asprutan (“to sprout”); cognate with Old Saxon sprutan, Old Frisian spruta, Middle Dutch spruten, modern Dutch spruit (“sprout; Brussels sprout”), Old High German spriozan, German sprießen (“to sprout”), from Proto-Germanic *spreutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to strew”).
noun Brussels sprouts · brussel sprout · brussels sprout
- The green vegetable Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera, a cabbage variety native to Belgium. Brussels sprouts reach a length of 4 centimeters and resemble clusters of miniature cabbages.
brussels sprout²
noun brussels sprouts
- Alternative letter-case form of Brussels sprout
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noun vegetable
| Español | col de Bruselas |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 방울다다기 bang'uldadagi, 방울다다기양배추 bang'uldadagiyangbaechu |
| 日本語 | 芽キャベツ mekyabetsu, コモチカンラン komochikanran, 子持ち甘藍 komochikanran |
| 中文 | 球芽甘藍 /球芽甘蓝 qiúyá gānlán, 抱子甘藍 /抱子甘蓝 bào zǐ gānlán, 芽甘藍 /芽甘蓝 yágānlán |
| Português | couve-de-bruxelas |
| Français | chou de Bruxelles |
| Deutsch | Rosenkohl, Sprossenkohl |
| Italiano | cavolino di Bruxelles, cavoletto di Bruxelles |
| Ελληνικά | λάχανο βρυξελλών láchano vryxellón |
| Română | varză de Bruxelles |
| Русский | брюссе́льская капу́ста brjussélʹskaja kapústa |
| العربية | كُرُنْب بْرُوكْسِل kurunb brūksil |
| עברית | כרוב ניצנים kruv nitsaním |
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title = {brussels sprout},
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