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cauliflower

6 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. cauliflower (noun)
  2. cauliflower disease (noun)
  3. cauliflower ear (noun)
  4. cauliflower growth (noun)
  5. sea cauliflower (noun)
  6. winter cauliflower (noun)

cau·li·flow·er

noun, often attributive
\ˈkȯ-li-ˌflau̇(-ə)r, ˈkä-, -lē-\

Definition of CAULIFLOWER

: a garden plant (Brassica oleracea botrytis) related to the cabbage and grown for its compact edible head of usually white undeveloped flowers; also : its flower cluster used as a vegetable
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Origin of CAULIFLOWER

Italian cavolfiore, from cavolo cabbage (from Late Latin caulus, from Latin caulis stem, cabbage) + fiore flower, from Latin flor-, flos — more at cole, blow
First Known Use: 1597

Rhymes with CAULIFLOWER

coffee hour, cooling tower, credit hour, flower power, golden shower, happy hour, ivory tower, motive power, police power, quarter hour, staying power, trumpet flower, virgin's bower, water tower, zero hour

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