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kohlrabi

kohlrabi

4 8.4
A round vegetable with a thick edible stem like a cabbage
  • noun
  • /ˈkoʊlˌrɑːbi/
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  • Later in the fall, an old German fellow sells pale green, baseball-sized kohlrabi that never get tough.
  • carrots and kohlrabi
  • kohlrabi and beets
  • kohlrabi and radishes

He holds or held multiple world records for the largest vegetables, cabbages, Kohlrabi's, things like that.

Examples

  • Until tonight, I had never had kohlrabi—this post made me interested enough to go buy some.

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  • Now, for variation, I often eat my thinly sliced raw kohlrabi dipped in good quality soy sauce.

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  • I had never heard of kohlrabi until I read this post.

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  • My mother would prepare kohlrabi in a white cream sauce.

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  • Now I actively seek kohlrabi out at the farmer's market where three varieties are available.

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  • I just bought some kohlrabi, and the leaves have a distinct tea-rose smell.

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  • By the way, we also cut kohlrabi into batons to eat raw with dip.

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  • The second recipe I made with kohlrabi was a delicious beef rib soup.

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  • The farm produces sunflowers, tomatoes, cucumbers, kohlrabi, Swiss chard, and peppers.

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  • She decided to make a salad with fresh kohlrabi, slicing it thinly for a crunchy texture.

Synonyms

cruciferous vegetable
vskohlrabi
  • Specialized
1 3.6

A vegetable from the mustard family like cabbage or broccoli that people eat

is a specific edible-stem cabbage within that broader plant family
Brassica oleracea gongylodes
vskohlrabi
  • Specialized
9.9

A vegetable with a round, thick stem you can eat raw or cooked

is the common name used for that cultivated cabbage variety
turnip cabbage
vskohlrabi
  • UK
5.3

A vegetable with a round thick stem you can eat cooked or raw

is the general cabbage-family name for this vegetable

Surface Forms

kohlrabi singular
kohlrabies plural

Etymology

Kohlrabi comes from German parts kohl 'cabbage' and rübe 'turnip', so it literally means 'cabbage turnip'. This gives a clear image: it is a plant in the cabbage family with a thick, round, edible stem like a turnip, which is why we call it kohlrabi.