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Brassica oleracea gemmifera

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Noun1.Brassica oleracea gemmifera - plant grown for its stout stalks of edible small green heads resembling diminutive cabbagesBrassica oleracea gemmifera - plant grown for its stout stalks of edible small green heads resembling diminutive cabbages
brussels sprout
brussels sprouts - the small edible cabbage-like buds growing along a stalk of the brussels sprout plant
crucifer, cruciferous plant - any of various plants of the family Cruciferae
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Brassica oleracea gemmifera, the humble sprout to you and me, gets its name from the capital of Belgium, where it was first grown as early as the 1200s.
An age-old ingredient by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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