broccoflower
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Blend of broccoli + cauliflower.
Noun
[edit]broccoflower (countable and uncountable, plural broccoflowers)
- Either of two edible plants of the species Brassica oleracea with light green heads.
- Hyponyms: green cauliflower, Romanesco
- Coordinate term: Romanesco
- 2003, Christy Rost, The Family Table: Where Great Food, Friends, and Family Gather Together, Capital Books, →ISBN:
- This colorful combo is just the thing for a busy weeknight. If you have never tasted broccoflower, its flavor is a blend of, you guessed it, broccoli and cauliflower.
- 2011, Jan McCracken, Healthy Carb Cookbook For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 101:
- Have you met the broccoflower? Some mad scientist has crossed the cauliflower with broccoli and created an incredible veggie. Hence, the broccoflower.
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