cauliflower
UK/ˈkɒl.i.flaʊ.ə//ˈkɔl.ɪˌflaʊ.ɚ/
cauliflower noun: brassica oleracea var. botrytis, an annual variety of cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.
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Noun
cauliflower (countable and uncountable, plural cauliflowers)
- Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, an annual variety of cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.
- ASPARAGUS, cauliflowers, imperial Sileſia, royal and cabbage lettuces, burnet, purſlain, cucumbers, naſturtian flowers, peaſe and beans ſown in October, artichokes, ſcarlet ſtrawberries, and kidney beans.1767, A Lady [Hannah Glasse], The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Eaſy […] , page 326
- The edible head or curd of a cauliflower plant.
- The swelling of a cauliflower ear.
- His ears were small (fortunately so, given his dramatic hairstyle) and bore no traditional cauliflowers.2018, John Harding, The Whitechapel Whirlwind: The Jack Kid Berg Story
Verb
cauliflower (third-person singular simple present cauliflowers, present participle cauliflowering, simple past and past participle cauliflowered)
- To (cause to) swell up like a cauliflower ear.
- I noticed his right ear was badly cauliflowered and that explained a number of things. It wasn't a new job of cauliflowering.1947, Elliott Chaze, The Stainless Steel Kimono, page 49
- Returning to your first point, the cauliflowering of magnesite bricks — we presume that this is due to your using high concentrations of oxygen for blowing the furnace, giving high checker-temperatures.1960, Transactions of the British Ceramic Society, page 281
cauliflower meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
cauliflower in Hindi
- vegetable
- गोभी gobhī, गोबी gobī, फूल गोभी phūl gobhī, कोबी kobī
- edible head of a cauliflower plant
- गोभी gobhī, गोबी gobī, फूल गोभी phūl gobhī, कोबी kobī
cauliflower in Tamil
- காலிஃபிளவர், காலிஃப்ளவர், காலிபிளவர்
cauliflower in Marathi
- फुलकोबी, फूलकोबी, फुलकोबीला
cauliflower in Urdu
- vegetable
- گوبی gobī, گوبھی gobhī
- edible head of a cauliflower plant
- گوبی gobī, گوبھی gobhī
More languagesFewer languages
- cauliflower in Bengali
- ফুলকপি phulkopi, কপি kopi
- cauliflower in Telugu
- కాలీఫ్లవర్, కాలిఫ్లవర్, కాలీఫ్లవర్కి
- cauliflower in Malayalam
- കോളിഫ്ളവർ, ഒരിനം മുട്ടക്കോസ്
- cauliflower in Kannada
- ಹೂ ಕೋಸು, ಹೂವುಕೋಸು, ಹೂಕೋಸು
- cauliflower in Punjabi
- ਫੁੱਲ ਗੋਭੀ phulla gobhī
- cauliflower in Gujarati
- ફૂલકોબી
- cauliflower in Odia
- ଫୁଲକୋବି, ଫୁଲକପି, ଫୁଲଗୋଭୀ
- cauliflower in Nepali
- गोभी gobhī, कोपी२ kopī2, काउली१ kāulī1
- cauliflower in Pashto
- گوبي
- cauliflower in Tagalog
- koliplor, koliplawer
- cauliflower in Arabic
- قَرْنَبِيط qarnabīṭ, قُنَّبِيط qunnabīṭ
- cauliflower in Malay
- kubis bunga
- cauliflower in Indonesian
- blumkol, kubis bunga, kembang kol
- cauliflower in Persian
- کلم گل kalam-e gol, گلکلم gul-kalam, gol-kalam
- cauliflower in Thai
- กะหล่ำดอก gà-làm-dɔ̀ɔk, กะหล่ำต้น
- cauliflower in Vietnamese
- bông cải trắng, cải bông trắng, cải hoa, hoa lơ
- cauliflower in Myanmar
- ဂေါ်ဖီပန်း gauhpipan:, ပန်းမုန်လာ pan:munla, ပန်းဂေါ်ဖီ pan:gauhpi
Examples of cauliflower in a sentence
- That dish is served with a plank of cauliflower.
- Tatiana ate the cauliflower regardless its colour.
- Zucchini and cauliflower seem to be widely scorned vegetables.
Forms of cauliflower
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | cauliflowers |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | cauliflowers |
| present participle | cauliflowering |
| past participle | cauliflowered |
| past | cauliflowered |
Origin of cauliflower
From 16th century cole-florye, equivalent to cole (from Latin caulis) + flower, reformed to more closely match the Latin etymon.By surface analysis, caul(is) + -i- + flower. Cognate with French chou-fleur, Italian cavolfiore.
Words formed from cauliflower
Phrases with cauliflower
Questions about cauliflower
- What does cauliflower mean?
- Cauliflower means brassica oleracea var. botrytis, an annual variety of cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.
- What is cauliflower in Hindi?
- Cauliflower in Hindi is गोभी (gobhī), गोबी (gobī), फूल गोभी (phūl gobhī). See Cauliflower meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cauliflower?
- Cauliflower can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce cauliflower?
- Cauliflower is pronounced /ˈkɒl.i.flaʊ.ə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cauliflower?
- The plural of cauliflower is cauliflowers.
Words near cauliflower in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cauliflower (page history and authors); cauliflower (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cauliflower (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); কপি (Bengali) (page history and authors); cauliflower (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cauliflower (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cauliflower (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cauliflower (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cauliflower (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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