cauliflower

/ˈkɑləflaʊər/

/ˈkɒlɪflaʊə/

Other forms: cauliflowers

Cauliflower is a distinctive white vegetable that's related to broccoli and cabbage. Many Indian dishes include cauliflower.

A head of cauliflower is made up of many dense, white, flower-like clusters, and occasionally cauliflower comes in varieties that are slightly purple or green. Cauliflower can be eaten raw, steamed, roasted, grilled or sauteed. In the 1590s, it was originally called cole florye, from the Italian cavoli fiori, "flowered cabbage."

Definitions of cauliflower

1. noun

   a plant having a large edible head of crowded white flower buds
   synonyms: Brassica oleracea botrytis

   type of:

   crucifer, cruciferous plant

   any of various plants of the family Cruciferae
2. noun

   compact head of white undeveloped flowers
   type of:

   cruciferous vegetable

   a vegetable of the mustard family: especially mustard greens; various cabbages; broccoli; cauliflower; brussels sprouts