das@ucla-cs.UUCP (11/25/84)
... >The vegetable, broccoli, was developed early in this century by an >Italian gentleman named Broccoli - a relative, BTW, of film producer >Cubby Broccoli, of 007 fame. > Rod Williams I didn't see a ":-)" here, so I assume you're being serious. <flame on> Doesn't anyone around here know how to use a dictionary? <flame off> "broccoli", Italian plural of "broccolo", meaning "a sprout", diminutive of "brocco", from Medieval Latin "brocca", meaning "a spike", from Latin "broccus", meaning "with projecting teeth".