English

Noun

broccolini ‎(uncountable)

1. A green vegetable similar to broccoli but with smaller florets and long thin stalks; a cross between broccoli and kai-lan (Chinese broccoli).
   • 2007 September 19, Stephanie Russell, “What’s on Tonight”, in New York Times:

     10 P.M. (Bravo) TOP CHEF C. J. is gone after he served what Tom Colicchio called the worst dish in the three seasons of the show, an admittedly gross-looking broccolini.

Synonyms

• (hybrid of broccoli): aspabroc, asparation, baby broccoli, broccolette, broccoletti, tenderstem