Brassica oleracea italica

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Brassica oleracea italica - plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds

broccoli

broccoli - branched green undeveloped flower heads

crucifer, cruciferous plant - any of various plants of the family Cruciferae

Brassica, genus Brassica - mustards: cabbages; cauliflowers; turnips; etc.

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Broccoli (Brassica oleracea italica) belongs to the plant family Brassicaceae (also Cruciferae), known as the "cabbage family" or "mustard family." The three main varieties of broccoli are calabrese, the most familiar, which has a large green flowered head and thick stalks: sprouting (also called broccoli rabe, Chinese broccoli and rapini), which has several small heads and many thin stalks; and romanesco, which has small yellow-green cone-shaped, spiraled heads.

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Actlmmune[TM] - Actlmmune[TM] is a patent pending standardized oil based extract of broccoli sprouts (Brassica Oleracea italica).The sprouts are extracted in sunflower oil, via a proprietary low temperature reflux process.

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Following on from that, a new US salon hair care brand called LIQWD contains broccoli seed oil (INCI: Brassica oleracea italica) in its LiQWDITY Intensive Hair Repair product.