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| kohl·ra·bi [ kōl rbee, kōl rábbee ] (plural kohl·ra·bies) |
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1. (plural kohl·ra·bies) vegetable resembling turnip: a swollen turnip-shaped stem of a plant, eaten as a vegetable
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2. cabbage plant with thick edible stem: a plant of the cabbage family whose swollen stems are kohlrabies. Latin name Brassica oleraceagongylodes.
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| [Early 19th century. Via German< plural of Italian cavolo rapa< medieval Latin caulorapa< Latin caulis "cabbage" + rapa "turnip"] |
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