kohlrabi
noun/ˌkəʊlˈrɑːbi/
/ˌkəʊlˈrɑːbi/
[uncountable]- a vegetable of the cabbage family whose thick, round, white stem is eatenTopics Foodc2Word Originearly 19th cent.: via German from Italian cavoli rape, plural of cavola rapa, from medieval Latin caulorapa, from Latin caulis ‘stem, cabbage’ + rapum, rapa ‘turnip’; compare with French chou-rave.
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