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means A small leafy green vegetable, a miniature cabbage-like bud that grows in clusters on a tall stalk, usually roasted, boiled, or despised by children.

from Named for Brussels, the Belgian city near which the vegetable was cultivated and popularized starting around the 16th century, with the plant becoming strongly associated with the Low Countries by the 18th century, when the name in its modern form took hold. The vegetable itself is a cultivar of the wild cabbage plant, bred over generations to bud into these tight little heads — so the 'sprout' part is just honest botany, while 'Brussels' is a hat-tip to its geographic claim to fame.