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cauliflower

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cauliflower (kô`lĭflou'ər, käl`ĭ–), variety of cabbage cabbage, leafy garden vegetable of many widely dissimilar varieties, all probably descended from the wild, or sea, cabbage (Brassica oleracea) of the family Cruciferae ( mustard family), found on the coasts of Europe.
..... Click the link for more information. , with an edible head of condensed flowers and flower stems. Broccoli is the horticultural variety (botrytis); both were cultivated in Roman times. Cauliflower is classified in the division Magnoliophyta Magnoliophyta (măg'nōlēŏf`ətə)
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Capparales, family Cruciferae.

cauliflower

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Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea, Botrytis group).
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Form of cabbage (Brassica oleracea, Botrytis group) in the mustard family, consisting of a compact terminal mass of greatly thickened, modified, and partially developed flower structures, together with their embracing fleshy stalks. This terminal cluster forms a firm, white, succulent “curd” that is served as a cooked vegetable and is highly nutritious. The separated flower structures are also eaten raw.
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And with the bread, I'll give you a nice dish of cauliflower with white sauce on it.
The Adventures Of Pinocchio by Collodi, Carlo View in context
The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.
Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context
We have plenty of cases of rudimentary organs in our domestic productions,--as the stump of a tail in tailless breeds,--the vestige of an ear in earless breeds,--the reappearance of minute dangling horns in hornless breeds of cattle, more especially, according to Youatt, in young animals,--and the state of the whole flower in the cauliflower.
The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context
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