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SAVOY CABBAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does savoy cabbage mean? 

SAVOY CABBAGE (noun)
  The noun SAVOY CABBAGE has 2 senses:

1. cabbage plant with a compact head of crinkled leavesplay

2. head of soft crinkly leavesplay

  Familiarity information: SAVOY CABBAGE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SAVOY CABBAGE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Cabbage plant with a compact head of crinkled leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("savoy cabbage" is a kind of...):

Brassica oleracea capitata; head cabbage; head cabbage plant (any of various cultivated cabbage plants having a short thick stalk and large compact head of edible usually green leaves)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Head of soft crinkly leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

savoy; savoy cabbage

Hypernyms ("savoy cabbage" is a kind of...):

head cabbage (any of several varieties of cabbage having a large compact globular head; may be steamed or boiled or stir-fried or used raw in coleslaw)


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