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KOL-eefl-ow-uh/ˈkɒliflaʊə/

A cauliflower is a vegetable with a large white head of tight flowers and green leaves around it. Countable: a cauliflower, cauliflowers; some cauliflower when cooked. Broccoli is the green cousin; cabbage is leafy with no white head. British spelling: cauliflower — one word.

Meaning

A vegetable with a large white head of tight flowers and green leaves.

Examples

• “We had cauliflower with cheese sauce.”
• “Boil the cauliflower until it is soft.”
• “There is cheese on this cauliflower.”

Good to know

a cauliflower / some cauliflower. Contrast: broccoli (green), cabbage (leaves only).

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