Break.—To become loose or "frothy" preparatory to running up to seed. Said of a head of cauliflower; also of other plants as they begin to throw up their seed stalks.
Button.—To form small heads prematurely, as often occurs when plants are left too long in the seed-bed.
Curd.—The material composing the head of a cauliflower. Sometimes the heads individually are called "curds."
Drawn.—Having an abnormally long stem, owing to crowding, or too great heat, or too little light in the seed-bed.
Flower or Blossom.—Terms often applied to the head in the cauliflower, either from its resemblance to a flower, or from a mistaken idea that it really is a flower.
Floweret.—A term sometimes applied to one of the sprays or sub-divisions of a cauliflower head.
Frothy, see Warty.
Glaucous.—Pale bluish-green; sea-green.
Head.—The edible part of a cauliflower, consisting of a mass of thickened flower-stems at an early stage of growth, before they have separated and elongated preparatory to forming flowers and seeds. Various other terms have been applied to it, such as "flower" or "blossom," "bouquet," "heart," and, by the French, "pomme" (apple), but sometimes also "tête" (head).
Heart, see Head.