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Brussels_sprout

Brussels sprout

See also: brussels sprout

English

Alternative forms

Noun

Brussels sprout ‎(plural Brussels sprouts)

  1. The green vegetable Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera, a cabbage variety native to Belgium.
    Brussels sprouts reach a length of 4 centimeters and resemble clusters of miniature cabbages.

Translations

Usage notes

  • rarely used in the singular.

brussels_sprout

brussels sprout

See also: Brussels sprout

English

Noun

brussels sprout ‎(plural brussels sprouts)

  1. Alternative form of Brussels sprout

Etymology

Brussels sprouts

Recorded since 1748. Named after Brussels, the capital city of the duchy of Brabant and presently of Belgium. Sprout is from Old English -sprutan (in asprutan ‎(“to sprout”); cognate with Old Saxon sprutan, Old Frisian spruta, Middle Dutch spruten, modern Dutch spruit ‎(“sprout; Brussels sprout”), Old High German spriozan, German spreissen ‎(“to sprout”), from Proto-Germanic *spreutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sper- ‎(“to strew”).

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