HyperDic: brussels_sprout

English > 1 sense of the expression brussels sprout:
NOUNplantbrussels sprout, Brassica oleracea gemmiferaplant grown for its stout stalks of edible small green heads resembling diminutive cabbages
English > brussels sprout: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningplant grown for its stout stalks of edible small green heads resembling diminutive cabbages.
SynonymBrassica oleracea gemmifera
Partsbrussels sproutsThe small edible cabbage-like buds growing along a stalk of the brussels sprout plant
Broadercrucifer, cruciferous plantAny of various plants of the family Cruciferae
Spanishcol de bruselas

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