HyperDic: brussels_sprouts

English > 1 sense of the expression brussels sprouts:
NOUNfoodbrussels sproutsthe small edible cabbage-like buds growing along a stalk of the brussels sprout plant
English > brussels sprouts: 1 sense > noun 1, food
MeaningThe small edible cabbage-like buds growing along a stalk of the brussels sprout plant.
Part ofbrussels sprout, Brassica oleracea gemmiferaplant grown for its stout stalks of edible small green heads resembling diminutive cabbages
Broadercruciferous vegetableA vegetable of the mustard family
Usage ofplural, plural formThe form of a word that is used to denote more than one
Spanishcol de Bruselas, coles de Bruselas
Catalancol de brot, col de Brussel·les, cols de Brussel·les

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