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means A pale, dense-headed cousin of broccoli, made of tightly packed undeveloped flower buds, eaten as a vegetable.
from From the Latin caulis, 'cabbage or stalk' (the same root that gives us 'cole' in coleslaw and 'kale'), joined to flos, floris, 'flower' — literally the 'flowering cabbage.' It reached English in the late 1500s, borrowed via French chou fleuri or Italian cavolfiore, and early English spellings wobbled charmingly between 'cole-florye' and 'colieflorie' before settling on the present form, nudged into shape by the familiar 'flower.'
- family ties
- Same species as broccoli, kale, and cabbage
- fractal flex
- Romanesco type grows in perfect mathematical spirals
- sun shy
- Leaves are tied over heads to keep them white
- mark twain
- Called it cabbage with a college education
- color range
- Comes in purple, orange, and green too
romanesco broccoli — italian heirloom variety with fractal spiral patterns, grown in lazio region since 16th century
cheddar cauliflower — orange variety developed by plant & food research new zealand, high in beta-carotene
purple cape cauliflower — south african heirloom with anthocyanin pigments, cultivated since 1800s in western cape