head of cauliflower
11cauliflower — /ˈkɒliflaʊə / (say koleeflowuh) noun 1. a cultivated plant, Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, whose inflorescence forms a compact, fleshy head. 2. the head, used as a vegetable. {half adoption, half translation of New Latin cauliflōra, literally,… …
12cauliflower — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Italian cavolfiore, from cavolo cabbage (from Late Latin caulus, from Latin caulis stem, cabbage) + fiore flower, from Latin flor , flos more at cole, blow Date: 1597 a garden plant (Brassica oleracea… …
13cauliflower — noun a cabbage of a variety which bears a large immature flower head of small creamy white flower buds, eaten as a vegetable. Origin C16: from obs. Fr. chou fleuri flowered cabbage , prob. from Ital. cavolfiore or mod. L. cauliflora …
14Cabbage head — Cabbage Cab bage (k[a^]b b[asl]j), n. [OE. cabage, fr. F. cabus headed (of cabbages), chou cabus headed cabbage, cabbage head; cf. It. capuccio a little head, cappuccio cowl, hood, cabbage, fr. capo head, L. caput, or fr. It. cappa cape. See… …
15Sparassis — Taxobox name = Cauliflower mushroom image width = 200px image caption = Sparassis crispa regnum = Fungi divisio = Basidiomycota classis = Agaricomycotina ordo = Polyporales familia = Sparassidaceae genus = Sparassis type species = S. crispa… …
16floret — [ flɒrɪt, flɔ: ] noun 1》 Botany one of the small flowers making up a composite flower head. ↘a small flower. 2》 one of the flowering stems making up a head of cauliflower or broccoli. Origin C17: from L. flos, flor flower + et1 …
17floret — ► NOUN 1) one of the small flowers making up a composite flower head. 2) one of the flowering stems making up a head of cauliflower or broccoli. ORIGIN from Latin flos flower + ET(Cf. ↑E) …
18floret — n. Bot. 1 each of the small flowers making up a composite flower head. 2 each of the flowering stems making up a head of cauliflower, broccoli, etc. 3 a small flower. Etymology: L flos floris flower …
19Brassica oleracea — Cauliflower Cau li*flow er, n. [F. choufleur, modified by E. Cole. L. caulis, and by E. flower; F. chou cabbage is fr. L. caulis stalk, cabbage, and fleur flower is fr. L. flos flower. See {Cole}, and {Flower}.] 1. (Bot.) An annual variety of… …
20Broccoli — Infobox Cultivar | name = Broccoli image width = 250px image caption = Broccoli, cultivar unknown species = Brassica oleracea group = Italica Group origin = possibly Ancient Rome subdivision = Many; see text.Broccoli is a plant of the Cabbage… …
