CAULIFLOWER

Cauliflower

Cauliflower is one of several vegetables in the species Brassica oleracea, in the family Brassicaceae. It is an annual plant that reproduces by seed. Typically, only the head is eaten. The cauliflower head is composed of a white inflorescence meristem. Cauliflower heads resemble those in broccoli, which differs in having flower buds.

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cauliflower

Noun

  1. , an annual variety of cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.
  2. The edible head or curd of a cauliflower plant.


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