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# cauliflower

«cauliflower» in Mova's school dictionary: **a vegetable with a large, firm white head made of tiny…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

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

2) (as food) Cauliflower is the vegetable cooked or raw. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cauliflower/#m2)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cauliflower» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cauliflower/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.