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brassica oleracea italicanounplant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds

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brassica oleracea italicanounplant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds
steamedCooked by steaming.
brockelynounObsolete form of broccoli (“vegetable”). [A plant, Brassica oleracea var. italica, of the cabbage family, Brassicaceae; especially, the tree-shaped flower and stalk that are eaten as a vegetable.]
wild cabbagenounA plant of the species Brassica oleracea, with broad leaves and a long spike of yellow flowers, from which many cabbages, cauliflower, broccoli, and Brussels sprouts derive.
cauliflowernounThe edible head or curd of a cauliflower plant.
wortnoun(brewing, distilling) Also worts: a liquid extracted from mash (ground malt or some other grain soaked in hot water), which is then fermented to make beer, or fermented and distilled to make a malt liquor such as whisky.
kalenounAn edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)
romanesconounRomanesco broccoli, a light-green edible flower bud of certain forms of Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, which is thus related to broccoli and cauliflower. Its form is a natural approximation of a fractal.
brassicanounAny of many plants of the genus Brassica, including cabbage, mustard and rapes
colewortnounA plant of the genus Brassica; now specifically, a Brassica plant without a head used for food, such as kale.
broccolininounA green vegetable similar to broccoli but with smaller florets and long thin stalks; a cross between broccoli and kai-lan (Chinese broccoli).
colenounCabbage.
cabbagenounAn edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.
brassicaceannounAny plant of the family Brassicaceae
broccoli rabenounRapini, a leafy-green vegetable.
baby broccolinounSynonym of broccolini.
kohlrabinounBrassica oleracea var. gongylodes, a variety of the cabbage, having a turnip-shaped edible stem.
mustardnounPowder or paste made from seeds of the mustard plant, and used as a condiment or a spice.
brussels sproutnoun(chiefly in the plural) The green vegetable Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera, a cabbage variety native to Belgium.
chinese broccolinounBrassica oleracea var. alboglabra, kailan, a long, blue-green vegetable with thick, glossy stems and leaves typically eaten in Chinese and particularly Cantonese cooking; gailan.

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