cauliflower

Plural: cauliflowers

Noun

• a plant having a large edible head of crowded white flower buds
• compact head of white undeveloped flowers
• Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, an annual variety of 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.
• The swelling of a cauliflower ear.

Verb

• To (cause to) swell up like a cauliflower ear.

Synonyms

Brassica oleracea botrytis