broccoli

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A plant, Brassica oleracea var. italica, of the cabbage family, Brassicaceae; especially, the tree-shaped flower and stalk that are eaten as a vegetable.

   You can also get oriental broccolis such as kailaan and nabana, which are easy to grow and really tasty.

2. 2
   noun

   Marijuana.

   I be smokin' broccoli, mama told me eat my veggies

3. 3
   noun

   branched green undeveloped flower heads

4. 4
   noun

   plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds

5. 5
   noun

   plural of broccolo

6. 6
   name

   A surname from Italian.

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.