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brussels sprout

/ˌbɹʌsəl(z)ˈspɹaʊt/

brussels sprout is the alternative letter-case form of Brussels sprout.

Noun capitalized: Brussels sprout

Brussels sprout (plural Brussels sprouts)

  1. (in plural) 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.

Forms of brussels sprout

pluralbrussels sprouts
pluralBrussels sprouts
alternative formbrussel sprout
alternative formbrussels sprout

Origin of brussels sprout

Recorded since 1748. Named after Brussels, where they were cultivated in the current form perhaps as early as the 13th c. Sprout is from Old English sprūtan (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 sprießen (“to sprout”), from Proto-Germanic *spreutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to strew”).

Questions about brussels sprout

What does brussels sprout mean?
Brussels sprout means the green vegetable Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera, a cabbage variety native to Belgium.
What is brussels sprout the alternative letter-case form of?
Brussels sprout is the alternative letter-case form of Brussels sprout.
What part of speech is brussels sprout?
Brussels sprout is a noun.
How do you pronounce brussels sprout?
Brussels sprout is pronounced /ˌbɹʌsəl(z)ˈspɹaʊt/.
What is the plural of brussels sprout?
The plural of brussels sprout is brussels sprouts.

Words near brussels sprout in the dictionary

  1. Brussels lace
  2. Brussels laces
  3. Brussels net
  4. Brussels nets
  5. Brussels point
  6. brussels sprout
  7. brussels sprouts
  8. Brussels wire ground
  9. Brussels-Capital Region
  10. Brussels-English
  11. Brusselton

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brussels sprout (page history and authors); Brussels sprout (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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