cabbage

chou

Légume aux nombreuses feuilles épaisses et serrées, qui se mange cru ou cuit.

En anglais simple : 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?

Synonymes : cole, greens

Expressions courantes : red cabbage, cabbage soup

chou

Une variété du groupe de plantes qui comprend le chou pommé, le brocoli et le chou-fleur.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : ornamental cabbage, cabbage cultivar

pommer

Développer des feuilles qui se serrent pour former une tête ronde et compacte.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : head

Expressions courantes : lettuce cabbage, begin to cabbage