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fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 days ago

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    It is not, with broccoli and cauliflower you literally eat the buds, or how they are called in English, and they can of course flower.

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      We call them “florets”, which means “small flower”

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      And butterflies love the flowers! All my broccoli went to flower (bolted) last year!

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      In English it’s called a floret. Which hints at its true form

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