cabbage

col, repollo

Verdura de hojas gruesas y muy juntas que se come cruda o cocinada.

En inglés sencillo: A vegetable with many thick leaves packed together, eaten raw or cooked.

• We had cabbage soup for lunch.
• She shredded the cabbage for a salad.
• Do you prefer red or green cabbage?

Sinónimos: cole, greens

Expresiones frecuentes: red cabbage, cabbage soup

col

Una variedad del grupo de plantas que incluye el repollo, el brócoli y la coliflor.

En inglés sencillo: A plant variety in the group that includes ordinary leafy heads, broccoli, and cauliflower.

• This cabbage variety is grown for its striking leaves.
• The botanist compared several cabbage cultivars.
• These cabbages belong to the same species as broccoli.

Expresiones frecuentes: ornamental cabbage, cabbage cultivar

formar cogollo

Desarrollar hojas que se juntan formando una cabeza redonda y compacta.

En inglés sencillo: To grow leaves that form a tight, rounded head.

• The lettuce began to cabbage in early summer.
• These plants cabbage well in cool weather.
• The gardener waited for the young lettuces to cabbage.

Sinónimos: head

Expresiones frecuentes: lettuce cabbage, begin to cabbage