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Meanings of brussels sprout in English

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

A cultivar group of wild cabbage native to Belgium cultivated for its small (typically 2.5 - 4cm) leafy green buds, which resemble miniature cabbages.

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Usage of brussels sprout in English
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There is no one about here with more looks than a brussels sprout.
Gone to Earth
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If you was a brussels sprout, you could be cranky.
Finger lickin' fifteen
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Pick literally one brussels sprout out the ground, Prince Charles.
The Guardian
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Slice the end off each brussels sprout and pull any dirty outer leaves off.
The Guardian
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Everybody waited, but Melinda just speared a brussels sprout.
Ladder of years: a novel
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Winge had the IQ of a brussels sprout.
Flash and Bones
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He finds all the danger he wants at the root of the meanest brussels sprout that blows.
The Pleasures of Ignorance
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Not a brussels sprout in sight.
News.com.au
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Melinda was chewing her brussels sprout very noisily, or maybe it only seemed that way because the room was so quiet.
Ladder of years: a novel
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Shoppers are abandoning old-fashioned staples like chicken tikka masala for new Japanese dishes and hybrid vegetables like the kale brussels sprout.
The Guardian
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The method is suitable for crude extracts of broccoli and Brussels sprouts.
Pubmed
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It includes Brussels sprouts, roast potatoes and glazed parsnips on the grill.
BBC
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Trim Brussels sprouts and cut in half, or into quarters if large.
Radio NZ
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When entire heads of such vegetables as cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, etc.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery. Volume 2: Milk, Butter and...
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The Brussels sprout is a good example of the acceptable vegetable.
Once there was a war
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This is an excellent way of serving Brussels sprouts that everyone will enjoy.
The Irish Times