Cabbage, Savoy

/KAB-ij, suh-VOY/ · n.

1. A botanical heavyweight of the brassica family, renowned for its deeply crinkled leaves and substantial presence in the garden; esp. one whose verdant layers suggest a rotational symmetry best admired in morning light.

2. colloq. The undisputed champion of greens that rolls onto the farmer's market scene with a quiet but palpable confidence.

Etymology. From Middle French caboche, meaning 'head', referring to its bulbous shape, and from Savoy, a region in France known for cultivating this varietal. Clearly, it was never meant to be subtle.

In the soft glow of dawn, the farmer beheld a thiccc Savoy cabbage at the edge of the field. The neighboring lettuces could only dream of such heft.

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