Cauliflower

Cau′li-flowˊer

,

Noun.

[F.

choufleur

, modified by E.

Cole

. L.

caulis

, and by E.

flower

; F.

chou

cabbage is fr. L.

caulis

stalk, cabbage, and

fleur

flower is fr. L.

flos

flower. See

Cole

, and

Flower

.]

1.

(Bot.)

An annual variety of

Brassica oleracea

, or cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.

2.

The edible head or “curd” of a cauliflower plant.

Cauliflower

CAULIFLOWER

,

Noun.

A variety of Brassica or cabbage, well known and much esteemed.

cauliflower

English

A budding cauliflower plant.

Noun

cauliflower ‎(plural cauliflowers)

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.

Derived terms

Translations

Vegetable

Afrikaans: blomkool
Albanian: lulelakër (sq)
Arabic: قَرْنَبِيط m ‎(qarnabīṭ), قُنَّبِيط m ‎(qunnabīṭ)
Egyptian Arabic: قرنبيط m pl ‎(ʔarnabiiṭ)
Armenian: ծաղկակաղամբ (hy) ‎(całkakałamb)
Basque: azalore
Bulgarian: карнабит (bg) m ‎(karnabit), карфиол m ‎(karfiol)
Burmese: ဂေါ်ဖီပန်း (my) ‎(gauhpipan:)
Catalan: coliflor f
Chinese:

Cantonese: 椰花菜 ‎(je⁴ coi³ faa¹)

Mandarin: 花椰菜 (zh) ‎(huāyēcài), 菜花 (zh) ‎(càihuā), 花菜 (zh) ‎(huācài)
Czech: květák (cs) m, karfiól m
Danish: blomkål (da)
Dutch: bloemkool (nl) f
Esperanto: florbrasiko (eo)
Estonian: lillkapsas
Faroese: blómkál n
Finnish: kukkakaali (fi)
French: chou-fleur (fr) m
Georgian: კალბანი ‎(ḳalbani), ყვავილოვანი კომბოსტო ‎(q̇vavilovani ḳombosṭo)
German: Blumenkohl (de) m, (Austria) Karfiol (de) m
Greek: κουνουπίδι (el) n ‎(kounoupídi)
Greenlandic: blomkåli
Hindi: फूल गोभी (hi) ‎(phūl gobhī)
Hungarian: karfiol (hu)
Icelandic: blómkál (is) n
Ido: florkaulo (io)
Indonesian: blumkol, kubis bunga (id), kembang kol (id)
Irish: cóilis f
Italian: cavolfiore (it) m

Japanese: カリフラワー (ja) ‎(karifurawā), 花野菜 ‎(hanayasai), 花甘藍 ‎(hanakanran), 花キャベツ ‎(hanakyabetsu)
Norman: chou-flieur m
Korean: 꽃양배추 ‎(kkotyangbaechu)
Latvian: ziedkāposts m
Lithuanian: žiedinis kopūstas m, žiedbastučiai m pl
Macedonian: карфио́л m ‎(karfiól)
Malay: kubis bunga
Maori: kareparāoa
Mongolian: цэцэгт байцаа ‎(tsetsegt bajtsaa)
Navajo: chʼil łigaii, sęęschʼil
Norwegian:

Bokmål: blomkål m

Nynorsk: blomkål m
Persian: کلم گل
Polish: kalafior (pl) m
Portuguese: couve-flor (pt) f
Romanian: conopidă (ro) f
Romansch: cardifiol m
Russian: цветна́я капу́ста (ru) f ‎(cvetnája kapústa)
Serbo-Croatian: karfiol (sh) m
Slovak: karfiol m
Slovene: cvetača (sl) f
Sotho: kholifolawa
Spanish: coliflor (es) f
Swahili: koliflawa
Swedish: blomkål (sv) c
Tagalog: koliplor
Thai: กะหล่ำดอก, กะหล่ำต้น
Turkish: karnabahar (tr)
Ukrainian: кучеря́ва капу́ста f ‎(kučerjáva kapústa), цвітна́ капу́ста f ‎(cvitná kapústa)
Vietnamese: bông cải trắng, cải bông trắng, cải hoa, hoa lơ, hoa lơ trắng, su lơ, súp lơ
Volapük: florabrasid (vo)

Edible head of a cauliflower plant

Arabic: قَرْنَبِيط m ‎(qarnabīṭ), قُنَّبِيط m ‎(qunnabīṭ)
Egyptian Arabic: قرنبيطة f ‎(ʔarnabiṭa), قرنبيط m pl ‎(ʔarnabiiṭ)
Czech: květák (cs) m, karfiól m
Dutch: bloemkool (nl) f
German: Blumenkohl (de) m
Greek: κουνουπίδι (el) n ‎(kounoupídi)
Hungarian: karfiol (hu)
Navajo: chʼil łigaii
Norwegian:

Bokmål: blomkål m

Nynorsk: blomkål m

Portuguese: couve-flor (pt) f
Romanian: conopidă (ro) f
Slovene: cvetača (sl) f
Spanish: coliflor (es) f
Swahili: mkoliflawa
Swedish: blomkål (sv) c
Tagalog: koliplor
Turkish: karnabahar (tr)
Ukrainian: кучеря́ва капу́ста f ‎(kučerjáva kapústa), цвітна́ капу́ста f ‎(cvitná kapústa)

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Cauliflower

Cau′li-flowˊer

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Cauliflower

CAULIFLOWER

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