Definition of cauliflower in English:
cauliflower
noun ˈkɒlɪflaʊəˈkɑliˌflaʊ(ə)r
1A cabbage of a variety which bears a large immature flower head of small creamy-white flower buds.
花椰菜，花菜- Among the varieties, there were 15 white cauliflowers, 3 purple cauliflowers, four broccolis, and a collard.
- Cabbages and cauliflowers have to go from Jubilee Allotment gardens, Kendal, so the Cumbria Education Department can raise a crop of healthy children.
- Varieties of kale will cross-pollinate, as well as with cabbages and cauliflowers.
- Keep cabbages, Brussels sprouts and cauliflowers covered with horticultural fleece or a fine netting to prevent cabbage white butterflies from laying eggs.
- Everyone grew something: lettuce, radishes, spring onions, beetroot, cabbage, cauliflowers, new potatoes - it was the job of us junior commis chefs to prepare the salad ingredients for Sunday tea.
- 1.1mass noun The flower head of the cauliflower eaten as a vegetable.花椰菜的头状花序（供食用）；菜花
- It came with seasonal vegetables including cauliflower, carrots, new potatoes and sliced courgettes.
- How about snails in hot tomato sauce, or refried cauliflower with garlic cloves?
- Well, I will admit that a concoction made of potatoes, cauliflower, carrots, swede turnips, onions and oatmeal is not very appetizing.
- Accompanying our main dishes came a side-dish of vegetables; boiled new potatoes, roast potatoes, cauliflower, broccoli and carrots.
- It is said to counteract flatulence and is often used in the cooking of pulses and other ‘windy’ vegetables such as cauliflower.
- It was the seasonal vegetables which disappointed; cauliflower florets, mange tout and carrots, all looking a little anaemic and with no discernible taste at all.
- The vegetables include creamed cauliflower, mashed potato, roast potato, carrots, peas, Brussels sprouts and cabbage.
- Bring the water or stock to the boil, salt it well and cook the potato and cauliflower for 15 minutes.
- Brinjal, tomato, chillies, gourds and cauliflower were among the vegetables that would be displayed.
- First on the menu for repair and strengthening are daily servings of eggs, soy, spinach, cauliflower, peanuts, iceberg lettuce and apples.
- The usual accompaniments of Yorkshire puddings and carrots and cauliflower and potatoes were there too, all equally well-prepared.
- Whether it's cauliflower or cranberries, eating more fruits and vegetables may play a role in preventing many forms of cancer.
- Masoor dal is delicious on its own, topped with fried onions and a dollop of yoghurt, or with cauliflower or peas.
- We had roast potatoes and cauliflower and then something like apple tart with custard for afters.
- Vegetarians can enjoy such dishes as risotto with vegetables, zucchini with garlic sauce, breaded cauliflower and spinach purée with eggs.
- We opted to start with two entrées with enough of each for the six of us to share - honey cauliflower because I insisted and onion bhaji because we all had a hankering for it.
- Shred the vegetables and put cauliflower, beans and carrots in a pot of water, add some salt, take them out after boiling.
- This reflected huge increases in the costs of a variety of fresh vegetables including broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce and squash.
- The day we meet, she has already planned dinner that evening, and stocked up the vegetable drawers of her fridge with cauliflower, salad stuff and a couple of bulbs of fennel.
- Don't get me wrong; in themselves, the vegetables - cauliflower in a cheese sauce, potato, broccoli, carrots and peas - were very tasty.
Origin
Late 16th century: from obsolete French chou fleuri 'flowered cabbage', probably from Italian cavolfiore or modern Latin cauliflora. The original English form colieflorie or cole-flory had its first element influenced by cole; the second element was influenced by flower during the 17th century.
Cauliflower is a modified form of the Italian cavoli fiori, literally ‘cabbage flowers’—cavoli comes from Latin caulis ‘cabbage’, the source also of kale (Middle English). The original 16th-century English forms colieflorie and cole-flory had their first element influenced by the cole (Old English) ‘cabbage’, and only later was the spelling changed to match the original Latin root.
Definition of cauliflower in US English:
cauliflower
nounˈkɑliˌflaʊ(ə)rˈkälēˌflou(ə)r
1A cabbage of a variety which bears a large immature flower head of small creamy-white flower buds.
花椰菜，花菜- Cabbages and cauliflowers have to go from Jubilee Allotment gardens, Kendal, so the Cumbria Education Department can raise a crop of healthy children.
- Among the varieties, there were 15 white cauliflowers, 3 purple cauliflowers, four broccolis, and a collard.
- Everyone grew something: lettuce, radishes, spring onions, beetroot, cabbage, cauliflowers, new potatoes - it was the job of us junior commis chefs to prepare the salad ingredients for Sunday tea.
- Keep cabbages, Brussels sprouts and cauliflowers covered with horticultural fleece or a fine netting to prevent cabbage white butterflies from laying eggs.
- Varieties of kale will cross-pollinate, as well as with cabbages and cauliflowers.
- 1.1 The flower head of the cauliflower plant eaten as a vegetable.花椰菜的头状花序（供食用）；菜花
- We had roast potatoes and cauliflower and then something like apple tart with custard for afters.
- It was the seasonal vegetables which disappointed; cauliflower florets, mange tout and carrots, all looking a little anaemic and with no discernible taste at all.
- The day we meet, she has already planned dinner that evening, and stocked up the vegetable drawers of her fridge with cauliflower, salad stuff and a couple of bulbs of fennel.
- We opted to start with two entrées with enough of each for the six of us to share - honey cauliflower because I insisted and onion bhaji because we all had a hankering for it.
- Shred the vegetables and put cauliflower, beans and carrots in a pot of water, add some salt, take them out after boiling.
- Well, I will admit that a concoction made of potatoes, cauliflower, carrots, swede turnips, onions and oatmeal is not very appetizing.
- This reflected huge increases in the costs of a variety of fresh vegetables including broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce and squash.
- First on the menu for repair and strengthening are daily servings of eggs, soy, spinach, cauliflower, peanuts, iceberg lettuce and apples.
- Accompanying our main dishes came a side-dish of vegetables; boiled new potatoes, roast potatoes, cauliflower, broccoli and carrots.
- It came with seasonal vegetables including cauliflower, carrots, new potatoes and sliced courgettes.
- Vegetarians can enjoy such dishes as risotto with vegetables, zucchini with garlic sauce, breaded cauliflower and spinach purée with eggs.
- Masoor dal is delicious on its own, topped with fried onions and a dollop of yoghurt, or with cauliflower or peas.
- Bring the water or stock to the boil, salt it well and cook the potato and cauliflower for 15 minutes.
- Whether it's cauliflower or cranberries, eating more fruits and vegetables may play a role in preventing many forms of cancer.
- The vegetables include creamed cauliflower, mashed potato, roast potato, carrots, peas, Brussels sprouts and cabbage.
- Don't get me wrong; in themselves, the vegetables - cauliflower in a cheese sauce, potato, broccoli, carrots and peas - were very tasty.
- How about snails in hot tomato sauce, or refried cauliflower with garlic cloves?
- The usual accompaniments of Yorkshire puddings and carrots and cauliflower and potatoes were there too, all equally well-prepared.
- It is said to counteract flatulence and is often used in the cooking of pulses and other ‘windy’ vegetables such as cauliflower.
- Brinjal, tomato, chillies, gourds and cauliflower were among the vegetables that would be displayed.
Origin
Late 16th century: from obsolete French chou fleuri ‘flowered cabbage’, probably from Italian cavolfiore or modern Latin cauliflora. The original English form colieflorie or cole-flory had its first element influenced by cole; the second element was influenced by flower during the 17th century.