[kohl-rah-bee, -rab-ee, kohl-rah-bee, -rab-ee] 
| a cultivated cabbage, Brassica oleracea gongylodes, whose stem above ground swells into an edible, bulblike formation. |
| kohl·ra·bi (kōl-rä'bē, -rāb'ē) n. pl. kohl·ra·bies A plant (Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes) in the mustard family, having a thick basal part of the stem that is eaten as a vegetable. Also called turnip cabbage. [German (partial translation of Italian cavoli rape) : Kohl, cabbage (from Middle High German kōl, from Old High German, from Latin caulis) + Italian rape, pl. of rapa, turnip.] |
| turnip cabbage n. See kohlrabi. |
