Kohlrabi

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kohl-rabi \Kohl"-ra`bi\, n.; pl. {Kohl-rabies}. [G. Cf. {Cole},
     {Rape} the plant.] (Bot.)
     A variety of cabbage, in which the edible part is a large,
     turnip-shaped swelling of the stem, above the surface of the
     ground.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  kohlrabi
       n 1: plant cultivated for its enlarged fleshy turnip-shaped
            edible stem [syn: {Brassica oleracea gongylodes}]
       2: fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem of the kohlrabi plant [syn:
           {turnip cabbage}]
       [also: {kohlrabies} (pl)]