cauliflower

Speech parts

1. cauliflower - Noun

2. cauliflower - Verb

Meaning

An annual variety of Brassica oleracea, or cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.

The edible head or "curd" of a cauliflower plant.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

Brassica oleracea botrytis cole corn swede chard collard rice green beet cabbage maize lettuce asparagus celery parsley
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Antonyms

winkle dick mineral chopper debt poverty
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Hypernyms

plant crucifer cruciferous plant cruciferous vegetable

Phrases with the word

cauliflower fungus cauliflower plants

Examples

Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education. Mark Twain

You know how it is with some girls. They seem to take the stuffing right out of you. I mean to say, there is something about their personality that paralyses the vocal cords and reduces the contents of the brain to cauliflower. P. G. Wodehouse

This book is gaudy like a gilded cauliflower which smells so bad after a good hot water soaking, like hot chocolate sweetened with sugar beet / incompatibles blended incongruously to no purpose. Peter Greenaway

Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education. Mark Twain

I get that Speedo on, it looks like a rubber band stretched over a head of cauliflower. Ron White

My husband is the cook at our house. I can make dessert and salad, but I stay away from meals. He makes amazing omelets, fish, and grilled vegetables like Brussels sprouts and cauliflower. Dylan Lauren

Close letter words and terms

caulifloret cauliflorous cauliflory cauliflower cheese cauliflower ear cauliflower fungus