Vegetable taken from the large flower head of a plant in the cabbage family
Broccoli is part of the cabbage family and evolved from a wild cabbage variant in Europe.
High in vitamin C and dietary fibre, the vegetable(vegetables) portion comes from the flowering head which grows in a tree-like fashion atop a thick and edible stalk.
Broccoli closely resembles cauliflower, and they can be crossed.