Brussels sprout
The green vegetable Brassica oleracea varThe green vegetable Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera, a cabbage variety native to Belgium.
Meaning
1 senses(in the plural)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.
Rosenkohl, Sprossen, Kohlsprosse
брюссе́льская капу́стаbrjussélʹskaja kapústa
брюссе́льська капу́стаbrjussélʹsʹka kapústa
- plant grown for its stout stalks of edible small green heads resembling diminutive cabbages
Translations
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Origin
Recorded since 1748. Named after Brussels, where they were cultivated in the current formRecorded 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”).
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Forms
plural: Brussels sprouts| Singular | Brussels sprout |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- plant grown for its stout stalks of edible small green heads resembling diminutive cabbages:Brassica oleracea gemmifera