Stem-cabbage
noun
1.
kohlrabi.
noun, plural kohlrabies.
1.
a cultivated cabbage, Brassica oleracea gongylodes, whose stem above ground swells into an edible, bulblike formation.
noun (pl) -bies
1.
a cultivated variety of cabbage, Brassica oleracea caulorapa (or gongylodes), whose thickened stem is eaten as a vegetable Also called turnip cabbage
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