superbroccoli

Etymology

From super- + broccoli.

superbroccoli means A variety of broccoli that is genetically modified to contain higher levels of sulforaphane. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 95 out of 100.

noun

A variety of broccoli that is genetically modified to contain higher levels of sulforaphane.“[…] food technologists […] are promoting genetically engineered vegetables with high levels of flavonoids as "functional foods": tomatoes with ten times more lycopene […]; and superbroccoli with ten times as much sulforaphane, a compound that stimulates production of enzymes which destroy cancer-causing substances in the gut.”