savoy cabbage
- noun
- /səˈvɔɪ ˈkæbɪdʒ/
- sliced savoy cabbage
- savoy cabbage leaf
- head of savoy cabbage
Examples
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And then you've done a Savoy cabbage with antioiad.
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Oh, that's Savoy cabbage, Brussels sprouts, Parmesan and a soy Sherry vinegar vinaigrette.
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The most common are smooth-leaved, firm-headed green cabbages, while smooth-leaved purple cabbages and crinkle-leaved savoy cabbages are considerably rarer.
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For a delicious stir-fry, use savoy cabbage as a crunchy vegetable.
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I bought a head of savoy cabbage to make coleslaw this weekend.
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The recipe calls for chopped savoy cabbage as an ingredient to add flavor.
Synonyms
A round vegetable with thick leaves eaten raw or cooked
A type of cabbage with soft, crinkly leaves used in cooking
A round vegetable with a large firm head of leaves used for cooking
A vegetable plant that grows a large round head of green leaves
A leafy plant grown for its round edible head called cabbage
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound names a specific variety of cabbage and its meaning is directly compositional: 'savoy' (a type/variety) combined with 'cabbage' yields a particular kind of cabbage. This follows a common noun-noun naming pattern that B1 learners who know both constituents can readily interpret as a cabbage variety with crinkly leaves.
Etymology
Savoy cabbage The name savoy cabbage may come from the Savoy region, where farmers grew a round, wrinkled-leaf cabbage; the region name stuck to this special kind of cabbage. That's why savoy cabbage today means 'a cabbage with crinkly leaves'.