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# cauliflower

noun (a cauliflower, cauliflowers; cauliflower, uncountable as food)

«cauliflower» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A cauliflower is a vegetable with a large, firm white head made of tiny flower buds, surrounded by green leaves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cauliflower/#m1)
2. (as food) Cauliflower is the vegetable cooked or raw. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cauliflower/#m2)

### In the lessons

In food and healthy eating lessons cauliflower is a vegetable in the cabbage family (with broccoli and Brussels sprouts), full of vitamin C and fibre. In the UK cauliflower cheese is a classic dish. In maths, a cauliflower (especially Romanesco) shows a fractal pattern where small parts look like the whole. Phrases: cauliflower cheese, cauliflower rice, cauliflower ear.

### Examples

- Dad made cauliflower cheese for tea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cauliflower/#x1)
- A cauliflower is really a bunch of tiny flower buds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cauliflower/#x2)
- Cauliflower can be white, orange, green or purple. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cauliflower/#x3)
- Romanesco cauliflower makes spiral fractal shapes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cauliflower/#x4)
- We grew a cauliflower in the school garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cauliflower/#x5)
- Cauliflower rice is made by chopping it very finely. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cauliflower/#x6)
- A rugby player can get «cauliflower ear» from bumps to the ear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cauliflower/#x7)
- “And after the cauliflower, some cake and jam.” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cauliflower/#x8)

### Note

Countable for the whole vegetable (two cauliflowers), uncountable as food (some cauliflower). Spelling: cauli-flower. «Cauliflower ear» is a swollen ear from injuries.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cauliflower» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cauliflower/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cauliflower» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cauliflower.html) on Mova free.