cabbagey
Like cooked greens
Cabbagey describes something resembling or suggestive of cabbage—in smell, taste, texture, or appearance.
The word usually carries mild disgust: The apartment had a cabbagey smell from decades of boiled dinners.
Overcooked vegetables, stale air, or wilted greens might all be called cabbagey.
Loose-leafed cabbage relative
- bok choyChinese leafy vegetable
- collardCabbage-family cooking green
- chardLeafy green, colorful stems
- kohlrabiBulbous-stemmed brassica vegetable
savoy · napa · brassica · cruciferous · greens · wilted · shredded · chopped
Containing yellow element
- pungentSharply strong-smelling
- earthyCoarse and unpretentious
- vegetalOf or like plants
- strongHaving great physical power
distinctive · boiled · overcooked · musty · grassy · fresh · mild · raw
kale
Loose-leafed cabbage relative
kohlrabi · savoy · napa · brassica · cruciferous · greens · wilted · shredded · chopped · braised
sulfurous
Containing yellow element
strong · distinctive · boiled · overcooked · musty · grassy · fresh · mild · raw · sharp
boiled
Heated until bubbling
stuffed · rolled · soup · borscht · colcannon · bubble and squeak · stir-fried · sauteed · roasted · mushy
sauerkraut
Lacto-fermented cabbage
tangy · pungent · sour · funky · probiotic · lactic · barrel · crock · salted · aged
- red cabbagePurple-leaved cruciferous vegetable
- cabbage patchArea cultivating leafy greens
- stuffed cabbageWrapped vegetable with filling
- cabbage rollStuffed vegetable wrap
- cabbage headsIdiots or leafy spheres
- Chinese cabbageEast Asian leafy vegetable