1. A hybrid vegetable that is a cross between broccoli and cauliflower, with a pale green or chartreuse color and a texture and flavor between the two parent vegetables.
Usage: Also called brocoli or broccoflower; a relatively modern cultivar developed in the 1990s.

Examples

• I roasted the broccoflower with olive oil and garlic for dinner.
• Broccoflower has a milder flavor than regular broccoli.
• The farmer's market had fresh broccoflower in stock this week.
• She prefers broccoflower to cauliflower because it's less bland.
• Broccoflower can be steamed, roasted, or eaten raw in salads.
• The pale green color of broccoflower makes it visually distinctive.