cauliflower

Pluralcauliflowers

Formscauliflowers, cauliflowering, cauliflowered

1. 1
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The firm white head of the cauliflower plant that people cook and eat as a vegetable.

   Like a tight bunch of tiny white buds packed into one head.

   I steamed a whole cauliflower for dinner.

   She chopped the cauliflower into small white pieces.

2. 2
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A garden vegetable with a round white head, closely related to cabbage.

   Like a cabbage that grows a white head instead of green leaves.

   We planted cauliflower along the edge of the garden.

   This cauliflower grows best when the weather stays cool.

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   The lumpy swelling of an injured ear, often seen in boxers and wrestlers.

   Like a bruise that puffs up and then hardens into a lump.

   Years of wrestling left his ear swollen with cauliflower.

   A hard knock to the ear can lead to cauliflower if it isn't treated quickly.

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4. 4
   verbtransitive or intransitive

   To swell into a lumpy shape like a badly hurt ear, or to make something swell that way.

   Too many hits to the head can cauliflower your ears.

   His ear began to cauliflower a few days after the big fight.

   Similarmushroom, swell, deform

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