chou
9.8
A round vegetable with many layers of leaves that you cook and eat
- noun
- /ʃu/
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- In the market, she bought a large green chou for tonight's dinner.
Examples
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I bought a fresh chou from the market.
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The chef used fresh chou in her traditional French soup.
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Classic dishes like potée require several varieties of chou.
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The chef used a green chou in the salad.
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The chef used a fresh chou to prepare the vegetable dish.
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In French cuisine, a chou can add a delightful crunch to salads.
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She picked a large chou from the garden for the evening's meal.
Synonyms
cabbage
vschou
73
1.0
A round vegetable with thick leaves eaten raw or cooked
is the French culinary name for that vegetable in cooking
Compounds
Chou dynasty
- Literature
8.8
A ruling family in ancient China from 1122 to 221 BC when Confucianism and Taoism began
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chou means 'cabbage' in French and comes from the Latin word caulis, which meant 'stem' or 'cabbage'. You can see the same root in the English word cauliflower, so chou today still names the vegetable.