curds

Noun

curd (countable and uncountable, plural curds)

1. The part of milk that coagulates when it sours or is treated with enzymes; used to make cottage cheese, dahi, etc.
   • Little Miss Muffet, She sat on a tuffet, Eating of curds and whey; There came a little spider, Who sat down beside her, And frighted Miss Muffet away.1805, Songs for the Nursery, page 23
2. (India) Dahi.
3. A solid piece of coagulated scrambled egg.
4. The edible flower head of certain brassicaceous plants.
   • Broccoli should not be allowed to remain till the compactness of the head is broken, but should always be cut while the 'curd,' as the flowering mass is termed, is entire1865, Fearing Burr, The Field and Garden Vegetables of America

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