Broccoli (from the Italian plural of broccolo, referring to "the flowering top of a cabbage") is a plant of the cabbage family Brassicaceae (formerly Cruciferae). It is classified as a cultivar group of the species Brassica oleracea. Broccoli possesses abundant arboreal, flower heads, usually green in color, arranged in a tree-like fashion on branches sprouting from a thick, edible, sturdy stalk. The mass of flower heads is surrounded by lavish leaves. Broccoli most closely resembles cauliflowe… (More on Broccoli)