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broccoli [noun]

a vegetable with a thick green stem and a dark green top

US /ˈbrɑː.kəl.i/ 
UK /ˈbrɒk.əl.i/ 

Oxford Essential Dictionary

broccoli

 noun (no plural)
a vegetable with green or purple flowers that you eat

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

broccoli

broccoli /ˈbrɒkəli $ ˈbrɑː-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Italian; Origin: plural of broccolo, from brocco 'small nail', from Latin broccus; ⇨ ↑brooch]
a green vegetable that has short branch-like stems

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

broccoli

broc·coli   [ˈbrɒkəli]    [ˈbrɑːkəli]  noun

uncountable
a vegetable with a thick green stem and several dark green or purple flower heads 
Word Origin:

[broccoli] mid 17th cent.: from Italian, plural of broccolo ‘cabbage sprout, head’, diminutive of brocco ‘shoot’, based on Latin brocchus, broccus ‘projecting’.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

broccoli / ˈbrɒk. ə l.i /   / ˈbrɑː.k ə l- / noun [ U ]

broccoli

B1 a vegetable with a thick green stem and a dark green top

Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

broccoli

[brɒ̱kəli]
 N-UNCOUNT
 Broccoli is a vegetable with green stalks and green or purple tops.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

broccoli

broc·co·li /ˈbrɑːkəli/ noun [noncount] : a common vegetable that has green branches and many small green or purple flowers - see color picture