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brocoli

brocoli is the archaic form of broccoli.

Meaning of broccoli

Noun

broccoli (countable and uncountable, plural broccolis or broccoli)

  1. 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.2010, Sven Wombwell, Allotment Gardening For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, Growing Oriental Leaf Vegetables
  2. (US, slang) Marijuana.
    • I be smokin' broccoli, mama told me eat my veggies2014, “Kodak Black”, in Heart Of The Projects, performed by Skrilla

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Forms of brocoli

pluralbrocolis
pluralbrocoli

Questions about brocoli

What is brocoli the archaic form of?
Brocoli is the archaic form of broccoli.

Words near brocoli in the dictionary

  1. Brockways
  2. Brockweir
  3. Brockwell
  4. Brockwells
  5. Brockworth
  6. brocoli
  7. brocolis
  8. brocon
  9. brocons
  10. brocresine
  11. brocrinat

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