BRUSSELS SPROUTS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The small edible cabbage-like buds growing along a stalk of the brussels sprout plant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("brussels sprouts" is a kind of...):

cruciferous vegetable (a vegetable of the mustard family: especially mustard greens; various cabbages; broccoli; cauliflower; brussels sprouts)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

Holonyms ("brussels sprouts" is a part of...):

Brassica oleracea gemmifera; brussels sprout (plant grown for its stout stalks of edible small green heads resembling diminutive cabbages)

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