brussels sprouts

Definitions of brussels sprouts
  1. noun
    the small edible cabbage-like buds growing along a stalk of the brussels sprout plant
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    type of:
    cruciferous vegetable
    a vegetable of the mustard family: especially mustard greens; various cabbages; broccoli; cauliflower; brussels sprouts
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