See Also: flare-up(dictionary)
flare(dictionary)
flare(2)(dictionary)
flare(1)(dictionary)
flare(medicine)
flare streaming(medicine)
flare 2, noun(dictionary)
flare 1, verb(dictionary)
solar flare(encyclopedia)
flare star(encyclopedia)

broccoli (sh) and flare(1) (iou)


broccoli (sh)




Plant (Brassica oleracea, Botrytis group) closely related to cabbage in the mustard family.

A fast-growing, upright, branched, annual plant, it bears dense green clusters of edible flower buds. Native to the eastern Mediterranean and Asia Minor, it was introduced to the U.S. probably in colonial times. Broccoli thrives in moderate to cool climates. Its flavour resembles that of cabbage but is somewhat milder. It is one of the most broadly nutritious of all common Vegetables.


Broccoli (Brassica oleracea variety italica).

G.R. Roberts


flare(1) (iou)



flare noun1. E19.
[from the verb.]
The action or quality of flaring; a dazzling irregular light; a sudden outburst of light or flame. E19.
Tolkien Many of them carried torches, and in the flare I could see their faces.
b. fig. A dazzling display; a sudden outburst of emotion etc.; a sudden or loud noise. M19.
H. E. Bates She got up with a flare of energy..almost running. Daily Telegraph Amid a flare of trumpets, the procession returned.
c. Astronomy. A sudden outburst of radiation from the sun (freq. solar flare) or a star. M20.
Photography. Extraneous illumination of the Film, due to internal reflections etc. M19.
A gradual swell or bulging outward (orig. in Shipbuilding); a gradual widening or spreading outward (esp. of a skirt etc.); that part which widens or spreads; (in pl.) flared trousers. M19.
J. Agee A woman..her face narrow beneath her flare of sunbonnet.
b. Aeronautics. A lessening of the steepness of the glide path of an aircraft about to land. Also flare-out. M20.
(A device giving off) a bright flame, used as a signal or as illumination of a target etc.; a flame of burning waste gas from an oil-well etc. L19.
S. Gibbons The wickering hissing of the gas flares which lit the hall and cast sharp shadows. Lifeboat His yacht..was now in distress and firing flares.
Comb.: flare-path an area illuminated to guide aircraft in landing or taking off; flare star Astronomy a star in which flares occur from time to time.
flareless adjective M20.