English Explanatory Dictionary

Brussels sprout

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The green vegetable Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera, a cabbage variety native to Belgium.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Brussels sprout.

Pronunciation

/ˌbɹʌsəl(z)ˈspɹaʊt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Brussels sprout.wav

Word forms

Brussels sprout Brussels sprouts brussel sprout

Etymology

Recorded since 1748. Named after Brussels, where they were cultivated in the current form perhaps as early as the 13th c. Sprout is from Old English sprūtan (in asprutan (“to sprout”); cognate with Old Saxon sprutan, Old Frisian spruta, Middle Dutch spruten, modern Dutch spruit (“sprout; Brussels sprout”), Old High German spriozan, German sprießen (“to sprout”), from Proto-Germanic *spreutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to strew”).

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