[net.nlang] The singular form of "broccoli"

das@ucla-cs.UUCP (11/25/84)

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	>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".