
Broccoli is an edible green plant in the cabbage family, whose large flowering head is used as
a vegetable. The word broccoli comes from the Italian plural of broccolo, which means "the flowering crest of
a cabbage", and is the diminutive form of brocco,
meaning "small nail" or "sprout".[3] Broccoli is often boiled or steamed but may be eaten raw.[4]
Broccoli is classified
in the Italica cultivar...