Tags: Cultivar (Cultivated Variety).
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 top of a cabbage and is the diminutive form of brocco meaning small nail or sprout. Broccoli is often boiled or steamed but may be eaten raw.Broccoli is classified in the Italica cultivar group of the species Brassica oleracea.
