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カリフラワー (karifurawaa) Japanese meaning: cauliflower | Kotomora

カリフラワー

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Meanings

1

Common vegetable; no special usage notes.

カリフラワーを茹ゆでてサラダに入いれた。

I boiled cauliflower and put it in a salad.

Don't confuse with

ブロッコリー
ブロッコリー is a green vegetable with tight green buds, while カリフラワー is its white-headed relative that learners sometimes mix up due to their similar shape.

Etymology

Borrowed from English 'cauliflower'.