kohlrabi

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

kohlrabi
    n 1: plant cultivated for its enlarged fleshy turnip-shaped
         edible stem [syn: {kohlrabi}, {Brassica oleracea
         gongylodes}]
    2: fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem of the kohlrabi plant [syn:
       {kohlrabi}, {turnip cabbage}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Kohl-rabi \Kohl"-ra`bi\, n.; pl. {Kohl-rabies}. [G. Cf. {Cole},
   {Rape} the plant.] (Bot.)
   A variety of cabbage, in which the edible part is a large,
   turnip-shaped swelling of the stem, above the surface of the
   ground.
   [1913 Webster]

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