different between cauliflower vs cauliflowerlike

English

Etymology

From 16th century cole-florye. Compare Latin caulis, French chou-fleur, Italian cavolfiore.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?l.i.fla?.?/, /?k?l.?.fla?.?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?l.??fla?.?/, /?k?l.??fla?.?/

Noun

cauliflower (countable and uncountable, plural cauliflowers)

1. Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, an annual variety of 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.
3. The swelling of a cauliflower ear.

Derived terms

• broccoflower
• cauliflower cheese
• cauliflower ear
• cauli
• caulini

Translations

Verb

cauliflower (third-person singular simple present cauliflowers, present participle cauliflowering, simple past and past participle cauliflowered)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) swell up like a cauliflower ear.
   • 1947, Elliott Chaze, The Stainless Steel Kimono (page 49)

     I noticed his right ear was badly cauliflowered and that explained a number of things. It wasn't a new job of cauliflowering.

   • 1960, Transactions of the British Ceramic Society (page 281)

     Returning to your first point, the cauliflowering of magnesite bricks — we presume that this is due to your using high concentrations of oxygen for blowing the furnace, giving high checker-temperatures.

   • 1974, Alexander G. Weygers, The Modern Blacksmith (page 39)

     The soft steel of the back edge by now has cauliflowered over from hammering on it.

English

Etymology

cauliflower +? -like

Adjective

cauliflowerlike (comparative more cauliflowerlike, superlative most cauliflowerlike)

1. Characteristic of a cauliflower