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Definition of Savoy cabbage
1. Noun. Cabbage plant with a compact head of crinkled leaves.
2. Noun. Head of soft crinkly leaves.
Definition of Savoy cabbage
1. Noun. A hardy cabbage with dense, crinkled leaves ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Savoy Cabbage
Literary usage of Savoy cabbage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Profitable Culture of Vegetables for Market Gardeners, Small Holders by Thomas Smith (1913)
"savoy cabbage. Brassica oleracea bullata, OF the green vegetables which are
available throughout the winter, the savoy cabbage is one of the most useful. ..."
2. Home Vegetable Gardening from A to Z: With Special Reference to Pacific by Adolph Kruhm (1918)
"The most important thing about savoy cabbage, however, is its superlative quality.
Eaten while quite young (as all cabbages should be) Savoy rivals Brussels ..."
3. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"of which there are so many forms ; other wild plants show the blistered leaf
which is seen in such an exaggerated form in the savoy cabbage ..."