Broccoli (from the Italian piccoli bracci, meaning "little arms")'s a plant of the cabbage family Brassicaceae (formerly Cruciferae). It's classified as a cultivar group of the species Brassica oleracea. Broccoli possesses abundant arboreal, luscious, fleshy, flower heads, usually green in color, arranged in a tree-like fashion on branches sprouting from a thick, edible, sturdy, meaty stalk. The mass of flower heads's surrounded by lavish leaves. Broccoli most closely resembles cauliflower, whi… (More on Broccoli)