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cauliflowers

cauliflowers is the plural of cauliflower.

Meaning of cauliflower

Noun

cauliflower (countable and uncountable, plural cauliflowers)

  1. 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
  2. The edible head or curd of a cauliflower plant.
  3. 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

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Questions about cauliflowers

What is cauliflowers the plural of?
Cauliflowers is the plural of cauliflower.

Words near cauliflowers in the dictionary

  1. cauliflowered
  2. caulifloweret
  3. cauliflowerets
  4. cauliflowering
  5. cauliflowerlike
  6. cauliflowers
  7. cauliflowery
  8. cauliform
  9. cauligenous
  10. cauligerous
  11. caulimoviral

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