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Definition of Cauliflower

1. Noun. A plant having a large edible head of crowded white flower buds.

Definition of Cauliflower

1. n. An annual variety of Brassica oleracea, or cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.

Definition of Cauliflower

1. Noun. An annual variety of ''Brassica oleracea'', or cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable. ¹

2. Noun. The edible head or “curd” of a cauliflower plant. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cauliflower

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cauliflower

Literary usage of Cauliflower

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Yale Review by Yale University, George Park Fisher, George Burton Adams, Henry Walcott Farnam, Arthur Twining Hadley, John Christopher Schwab, William Fremont Blackman, Edward Gaylord Bourne, Irving Fisher, Henry Crosby Emery, Wilbur Lucius Cross (1906)
"The Long Island cauliflower Growers' Association. Most of the eastern markets are supplied with cauliflower from a small district at the eastern end of Long ..."

2. The Boston Cooking-school Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1896)
"Creamed cauliflower. Remove leaves, cut off stalk, and soak thirty minute* lead down) in cold water to cover. Cook (head up) •renty minutes or until soft in ..."

3. An Introduction to Bacterial Diseases of Plants by Erwin Frink Smith (1920)
"The spots on cabbage are darker than those on the cauliflower. The individual spots, which occur in great numbers, are usually small (mere points to areas 1 ..."

4. Garden Farming by Lee Cleveland Corbett (1913)
"cauliflower cauliflower is the most delicate and refined of the plants of the cabbage family, and, from the gardener's standpoint, the most valuable. ..."

5. The Rumford Complete Cookbook by Lily Haxworth Wallace, Rumford Chemical Works (1908)
"Cook the cauliflower in boiling salted milk and water till tender, using the milk to keep the cauliflower white; drain, ..."

6. The Picayune Creole Cook Book (1922)
"cauliflower. Choux-Fleur. cauliflower may be either boiled and served with ... To boil the cauliflower, pick off the outer leaves, leaving only the one del- ..."

7. Essays on the puerperal fever and other diseases peculiar to women: Selected by Fleetwood Churchill, Sydenham Society (1849)
"CLARKE ON cauliflower EXCRESCENCE FROM THE OS UTERI.1 THE object of the present communication is to give some account of a disease not hitherto described, ..."

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