See Also: cauliflower ear(medicine)
cauliflower(dictionary)
cauliflower ear(dictionary)
cauliflower(encyclopedia)
cauliflower(dictionary)
Ear, cauliflower(health)
Cauliflower ear(health)
Deformity, cauliflower-ear(health)
Cauliflower-ear deformity(health)
cauliflower-ear deformity(medicine)

cauliflower (iou)



cauliflower noun & verb. L16.
[Alt. (by assim. to COLE noun1, FLOWER noun) of French chou fleuri (flori), prob. from Italian cavolfiore, pl. cavoli fiori or mod. Latin cauliflora 'flowered cabbage'.]
A. noun.
A cultivated variety of cabbage with a large, dense, white flower-head; the flower-heads eaten as a vegetable. L16.
Something resembling a cauliflower in shape. M18.
Comb.: cauliflower cheese a savoury dish made of cauliflower and cheese sauce; cauliflower ear an ear (esp. of a boxer) thickened and disfigured by repeated blows.
b. verb trans.
Powder (a wig). rare. L18.
Thicken or disfigure (an ear) by repeated blows, esp. in boxing. Chiefly as cauliflowered ppl adjective. M20.