broccoli

edible green plant in the cabbage family
Taxon taxon Q47722
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broccoli

Summary

broccoli is a taxon[1]. broccoli ranks in the top 0.16% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,851 views/month, #317 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • broccoli's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • broccoli is classified at the rank of variety[4].
  • broccoli belongs to the parent taxon Brassica oleracea[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, broccoli is Brassica oleracea var. italica[6].
  • broccoli is a type of useful plant[7].
  • broccoli is a type of designated vegetable[8].
  • broccoli is used for vegetable[9].
  • broccoli's Commons category is recorded as Broccoli[10].
  • broccoli's Unicode character is recorded as 🥦[11].
  • broccoli's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Broccoli[12].
  • broccoli's Commons gallery is recorded as Broccoli[13].
  • broccoli's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[14].
  • broccoli's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=105447[15].
  • broccoli's this taxon is source of is recorded as broccoli sprouts[16].
  • broccoli's this taxon is source of is recorded as broccoli[17].
  • broccoli is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'sprouting broccoli'}[18].
  • broccoli is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '绿花菜'}[19].
  • broccoli is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Brokkoli'}[20].
  • broccoli is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'brokoli'}[21].
  • broccoli's different from is recorded as Brassica oleracea var. botrytis[22].
  • broccoli's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/07714990-n[23].
  • broccoli's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24].
  • broccoli's water footprint is recorded as {'unit': 'Q57899268', 'amount': '+285'}[25].
  • broccoli's taxon author citation is recorded as Plenck[26].
  • broccoli's food energy is recorded as {'unit': 'Q130964', 'amount': '+34'}[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, broccoli is Brassica oleracea var. italica[6]. broccoli is classified at the rank of variety[4]. broccoli belongs to the parent taxon Brassica oleracea[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'sprouting broccoli'}[18], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '绿花菜'}[19], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Brokkoli'}[20], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'brokoli'}[21].

Identifiers

broccoli's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 315267[28]. broccoli's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 36774[29]. broccoli's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3042863[30]. broccoli's ITIS TSN is recorded as 530961[31].

Discovery and Description

Things named for broccoli include Broly[32], an anime character[33].

Why It Matters

broccoli ranks in the top 0.16% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,851 views/month, #317 of 195,241).[2] broccoli has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] broccoli is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Entities named for broccoli include Broly[32], an anime character[33].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [31] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [30] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] . A checklist of vascular plants in Shaanxi Province, China (Version 2021). wikidata.org.
  21. [20] . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] . wikidata.org.
  25. [28] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . The green, blue and grey water footprint of crops and derived crop products. wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . calories-info.com. calories-info.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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