Broccolini
//bɹɑ.kəˈliːni// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A green vegetable similar to broccoli but with smaller florets and long thin stalks; a cross between broccoli and kai-lan (Chinese broccoli). countable, uncountable
"10 P.M. (Bravo) TOP CHEF C. J. is gone after he served what Tom Colicchio called the worst dish in the three seasons of the show, an admittedly gross-looking broccolini."
Example
More examples"10 P.M. (Bravo) TOP CHEF C. J. is gone after he served what Tom Colicchio called the worst dish in the three seasons of the show, an admittedly gross-looking broccolini."
Etymology
From a trademark, presumably intended as a diminutive of broccoli.
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