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Broccoli vs Broccolini - What's the difference?

broccoli | broccolini |

As nouns the difference between broccoli and broccolini

is that broccoli is a plant, variety: Brassica oleracea var. italica, of the cabbage family, Brassicaceae; especially, the tree-shaped flower and stalk that are eaten as a vegetable while broccolini is a green vegetable similar to broccoli but with smaller florets and long thin stalks; a cross between broccoli and kai-lan (Chinese broccoli).

broccoli

English

(wikipedia broccoli) (commons)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A plant, , of the cabbage family, Brassicaceae; especially, the tree-shaped flower and stalk that are eaten as a vegetable.

    • Derived terms

    * broccoflower * broccoloid

    Related terms

    * brocade

    Hyponyms

    * (UK)

    References

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    broccolini

    English

    (wikipedia broccolini)

    Noun

    (-)
  • A green vegetable similar to broccoli but with smaller florets and long thin stalks; a cross between broccoli and kai-lan (Chinese broccoli).
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=September 19, author=Stephanie Russell, title=What’s on Tonight, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=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 . }}