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Cauliflower
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Cauliflower
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Cauliflower has 2 senses
- cauliflower(n = noun.plant) brassica oleracea botrytis - a plant having a large edible head of crowded white flower buds; Array has parts: cauliflower
- cauliflower(n = noun.food) Array - compact head of white undeveloped flowers; Array is a kind of cruciferous vegetable
is a kind of crucifer, cruciferous plant
is a part of brassica oleracea botrytis, cauliflower
CIDE DICTIONARY
Cauliflower, n. [F. choufleur, modified by E. Cole. L. caulis, and by E. flower; F. chou cabbage is fr. L. caulis stalk, cabbage, and fleur flower is fr. L. flos flower. See Cole, and Flower.].
- An annual variety of
Brassica oleracea , or cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable. [1913 Webster] - The edible head or “curd” of a cauliflower plant. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Cauliflower, n.
1 a variety of cabbage with a large immature flower-head of small usu. creamy-white flower-buds.
2 the flower-head eaten as a vegetable.
1 a variety of cabbage with a large immature flower-head of small usu. creamy-white flower-buds.
2 the flower-head eaten as a vegetable.
Idiom
cauliflower cheese a savoury dish of cauliflower in a cheese sauce. cauliflower ear an ear thickened by repeated blows, esp. in boxing.
Etymology
earlier cole-florie etc. f. obs. F chou fleuri flowered cabbage, assim. to COLE and FLOWER
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