couve — meaning in English

English meaning

• cabbage noun A leafy vegetable grown as a round, tightly packed head, eaten cooked or raw.
• cole noun An old word for cabbage or related plants of the Brassica family.

Senses

couve is used for these senses in English:

• cole Brassica; a plant of the Brassica genus, especially those of Brassica oleracea (rape and coleseed).
• colewort A plant of the genus Brassica; now specifically, a Brassica plant without a head used for food, such as kale.

cabbage — full definition

1. noun A leafy vegetable grown as a round, tightly packed head, eaten cooked or raw.
2. noun (slang) Money.
3. verb (informal, dated) To steal small amounts of something, especially fabric offcuts.

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