CAULIFLOWER


Meaning of CAULIFLOWER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkɔlɪflauə ]

n. 1 a variety of cabbage with a large immature flower-head of small usu. creamy-white flower-buds. 2 the flower-head eaten as a vegetable. øcauliflower cheese a savoury dish of cauliflower in a cheese sauce. cauliflower ear an ear thickened by repeated blows, esp. in boxing. [earlier cole-florie etc. f. obs. F chou fleuri flowered cabbage, assim. to COLE and FLOWER]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.