3. The edible flower head of certain brassicaceous plants, as the broccoli and cauliflower.
Broccoli should be cut while the curd, as the flowering mass is termed, is entire.
R. Thompson.
Cauliflowers should be cut for use while the head, or curd, is still close and compact.
F. Burr.
Curd (k?rd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curded; p. pr. & vb. n. Curding.] To cause to coagulate or thicken; to cause to congeal; to curdle.
Does it curd thy blood
To say I am thy mother?
Shak.
Curd, v. i. To become coagulated or thickened; to separate into curds and whey Shak.
Curd"i*ness (-?-n?s), n. The state of being curdy.
Cur"dle (k?r"d'l), v. i. [From Curd.] [Sometimes written crudle and cruddle.] 1. To change into curd; to coagulate; as, rennet causes milk to curdle. Thomson.