# broccoli
## English
### Alternative forms

* broccolo (rare)
* brocoli (archaic)
* brockely (obsolete)

### Etymology

1699, Italian broccoli, plural of broccolo (“cabbage sprout, head”), diminutive of brocco (“shoot, sprout”) (which is also the origin of brocade), from Latin broccus (“pointed, sharp, projecting; buck-toothed”), possibly of Gaulish origin, related to Proto-Celtic *brokkos (“badger”) or Proto-Celtic *brozdos (“tip, point”) (compare Scottish Gaelic brog (“pointed instrument, awl”), Welsh procio (“thrust, poke”), Old English brord (“point, spike”)). More at brochure, brad.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈbɹɒ.kə.li/
* (US) IPA: /ˈbɹɑ.kə.li/, /ˈbɹɑk.li/
* (General Australian) IPA: /ˈbɹɒ.kə.li/, (nonstandard) /ˈbɹɒ.kə.laɪ/
* (Canada) IPA: /ˈbɹɒk(ə)li/
** (dialectal) IPA: /ˈbɹɒk(ə)lɪ/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

broccoli (countable and uncountable, plural broccolis or broccoli)
* A plant, Brassica oleracea var. italica, of the cabbage family, Brassicaceae; especially, the tree-shaped flower and stalk that are eaten as a vegetable.
    Hypernym: crucifer
    Hyponym: (UK) Calabrese
** 2010, Sven Wombwell, Allotment Gardening For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons (→ISBN), Growing Oriental Leaf Vegetables:
    You can also get oriental broccolis such as kailaan and nabana, which are easy to grow and really tasty.
** 2013, Anselm Anyoha, MD, How Broccoli-Head Lost Thirty Pounds: A Handbook for Healthy Living, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 83:Examples of leafy vegetables are broccoli, spinach, celery, and chicory.
* (US, slang) Marijuana.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana
** 2014, “Kodak Black”, in Heart Of The Projects, performed by Skrilla:I be smokin' broccoli, mama told me eat my veggies
** 2017, “T-Shirt”, in Culture, performed by Migos:All I want is cottage, roll a cigar full of broccoli

#### Derived terms

* Aztec broccoli
* baby broccoli
* broccoflower
* broccoli cut
* broccoli haircut
* broccolilike
* broccolini
* broccoli raab
* broccoli rabe
* broccoli rape
* broccoloid
* Chinese broccoli
* superbroccoli

#### Related terms

* brocade

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: ブロッコリー (burokkorī)
* → Thai: บรอกโคลี (brɔ́k-koo-lîi)

#### Translations
### Noun

broccoli
* plural of broccolo

### References

* ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “broccoli”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

### Further reading

* broccoli on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Category:broccoli on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

## Danish
### Etymology

From the plural of Italian broccolo.

### Noun

broccoli c (singular definite broccolien, plural indefinite broccoli)
* broccoli

#### Inflection
## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian broccoli

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: broc‧co‧li

### Noun

broccoli m (plural broccoli's, diminutive broccolietje n)
* (chiefly uncountable) broccoli

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbrɔk.ko.li/
* Audio (IT):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔkkoli
* Hyphenation: bròc‧co‧li

### Noun

broccoli m
* plural of broccolo

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian broccoli.

### Noun

broccoli m (uncountable)
* broccoli

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Noun

broccoli c
* broccoli

#### Declension
### References

* broccoli in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* broccoli in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)