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Meanings of brassica oleracea gemmifera in English

Plant grown for its stout stalks of edible small green heads resembling diminutive cabbages.

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        Examples for "brussels sprout"
        Examples for "brussels sprout"
        1
        There is no one about here with more looks than a brussels sprout.
        Gone to Earth
        2
        If you was a brussels sprout, you could be cranky.
        Finger lickin' fifteen
        3
        Pick literally one brussels sprout out the ground, Prince Charles.
        The Guardian
        4
        Slice the end off each brussels sprout and pull any dirty outer leaves off.
        The Guardian
        5
        Everybody waited, but Melinda just speared a brussels sprout.
        Ladder of years: a novel