cauliflower — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Italian cavolfiore, from cavolo cabbage (from Late Latin caulus, from Latin caulis stem, cabbage) + fiore flower, from Latin flor , flos more at cole, blow Date: 1597 a garden plant (Brassica oleracea… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Anton Wilhelm Plaz — (auch: Antonius Guilielmus Platz; * 1. Januar 1708 in Leipzig; † 26. Februar 1784 ebenda) war ein deutscher Botaniker und Mediziner. Sein botanisches Autorenkürzel lautet „Plaz“. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Werke … Deutsch Wikipedia
DISNEY (W.) — Aucun genre cinématographique ne se réfère obligatoirement à un individu, excepté le dessin animé. En effet, il est impossible de l’étudier sans nommer Walt Disney. S’il a réussi, en évinçant par son organisation industrielle ses concurrents… … Encyclopédie Universelle
cavolo — / kavolo/ [voce di origine merid., lat. tardo caulus, dal gr. kaulós fusto, stelo, cavolo ; come interiez., variante eufem. di cazzo ]. ■ s.m. 1. (bot.) [pianta erbacea della famiglia crocifere coltivata a scopo alimentare] ▶◀ ‖ broccolo, verza.… … Enciclopedia Italiana
cauliflower — [16] Cauliflower is literally ‘flowered cabbage’. English probably borrowed and adapted the word from Italian cavoli fiori, plural of cavolo fiore ‘cabbage flower’. Cavolo came from late Latin caulus, a variant of Latin caulis ‘cabbage’. This… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
Plant Structures — bark: (L): cortex, cortici ; (G): phloeo , phloeus berry: (L): acini , acinus; (G): cocco , coccus; (L): bacca, bacci bramble: (G): bato , batus branch: (G): clado , cladus; (L): ram , rami , ramo , ramus bud: (L): gemm , gemma flower: (G):… … Dictionary of word roots and combining forms
nudicaul — /ˈnjudəkɔl/ (say nyoohduhkawl) adjective having leafless stems. Also, nudicaulous. {nudi + Latin caulus stem} …
kau-l-, ku-l- — kau l , ku l English meaning: hollow; bone Deutsche Übersetzung: “hohl; Hohlstengel; Röhrenknochen” Material: Gk. καυλός m. ‘stengel; Federkiel, Schaft”; Lat. caulis (cōlis, caulus) ‘stengel, Stiel an Pflanzen”; M.Ir. cuaille… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
cauliflower — [16] Cauliflower is literally ‘flowered cabbage’. English probably borrowed and adapted the word from Italian cavoli fiori, plural of cavolo fiore ‘cabbage flower’. Cavolo came from late Latin caulus, a variant of Latin caulis ‘cabbage’. This… … Word origins