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BRUSSELS SPROUTS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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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