Choufleur

/ʃu.ˈflɜːr/ noun

Definition

Cauliflower, especially as used in French cuisine and cooking vocabulary.

Etymology

From French choufleur, a compound of 'chou' (cabbage) and 'fleur' (flower), literally meaning 'cabbage flower,' which is botanically accurate since cauliflower is the flower head of a brassica plant.

Kelly Says

The French name for cauliflower literally translates to 'cabbage flower' because that's exactly what it is botanically—the edible part is the immature flower cluster before it blooms!

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