Broccoli emoji 🥦
🥦 is the broccoli: a green head of broccoli on a stalk. It means vegetables and healthy eating — “eat your greens”, meal prep, vegan menus — and in slang it is one of…
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What the broccoli 🥦 emoji means
🥦 is the broccoli: a green head of broccoli on a stalk. It means vegetables and healthy eating — “eat your greens”, meal prep, vegan menus — and in slang it is one of the stand-ins for cannabis (see the weed emoji page), which is why “what does the broccoli emoji mean” gets asked. Added in Emoji 5.0 (2017). Greens: 🥬 leafy green, 🥗 salad; the palette is on the green emoji page.
Unicode name: broccoli · U+1F966 · Emoji 5.0 (2017) · group: Food & Drink.
How people use it
- Healthy eating: greens, meal prep
- Vegan: plant-based menus
- Kids and veg: “eat your broccoli”
- Slang: a cannabis stand-in
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| broccoliU+1F966 | Greens, or slang | |
| leafy greenU+1F96C | Lettuce, kale | |
| carrotU+1F955 | Carrot | |
| green saladU+1F957 | Salad | |
| herbU+1F33F | Herb |
Questions people ask
What does the broccoli emoji mean?
Healthy eating — or, in some slang, cannabis.
What does 🥦 mean from a guy?
Meal prep and gym food, or the slang, depending on the chat.
When was 🥦 added?
2017, Emoji 5.0.
About this guide
Written and maintained by the Emoji Directory editorial team, without ads or sponsorship. Meanings describe how the emoji is commonly used in public posts and messages, not an official definition. Names, code points, versions, keywords and translations come from the Unicode Emoji 18.0 and CLDR data; shortcodes from the gemoji project. Last reviewed . Spotted a mistake or a new usage? Tell us, or read how the directory is made.
