noun
Usage: often capitalized B
1. : any of the edible small green heads resembling diminutive cabbages and borne in the lower axils of the stem of a plant ( Brassica oleracea gemmifera ) closely related to the cabbage and cauliflower
2. : the plant that bears brussels sprouts — usually used in plural
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