cauliflower
pronunciation
How to pronounce cauliflower in British English:
UK [ˈkɒliflaʊə(r)]
How to pronounce cauliflower in American English:
US [ˈkɑːliflaʊər]
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- Noun:
- a plant having a large edible head of crowded white flower buds
- compact head of white undeveloped flowers
Word Origin
- cauliflower
- cauliflower: [16] Cauliflower is literally ‘flowered cabbage’. English probably borrowed and adapted the word from Italian cavoli fiori, plural of cavolo fiore ‘cabbage flower’. Cavolo came from late Latin caulus, a variant of Latin caulis ‘cabbage’. This word originally meant ‘stem’, but the notion ultimately underlying it is ‘hollow stem’, for it can be traced back to an Indo-European base which also produced hole and hollow.It was borrowed early on into the Germanic languages, and via this route has produced in English the now rare cole ‘cabbage, rape’[14] (more familiar in the Dutch borrowing coleslaw); the Scots version kale [13], from Old Norse kál, best known south of the border in the form curly kale; and via German kohlrabi [19], the last element of which is related to English rape the plant.=> cole, coleslaw, hole, hollow, kale, kohlrabi
- cauliflower (n.)
- 1590s, originally cole florye, from Italian cavoli fiori "flowered cabbage," plural of cavolo "cabbage" + fiore "flower" (from Latin flora; see flora). First element is from Latin caulis "cabbage" (originally "stem, stalk") which was borrowed into Germanic and is the source of cole in cole-slaw and of Scottish kale. The front end of the word was re-Latinized from 18c.; the back end was influenced by flower (n.). The boxer's cauliflower ear is from 1907.
Example
- 1. This variant form of cauliflower is the ultimate fractal vegetable .
- 2. Google washington best cauliflower dish , even if you don 't want cauliflower .
- 3. Broccoli , cauliflower and cabbage are all part of the cruciferous vegetable family .
- 4. Other great choices are veggies from the cruciferous family , which include cauliflower and brussels sprouts .
- 5. At 2.6 grams of fiber per 100 grams , broccoli has twice the fiber oomph of cauliflower .