What does "kohlrabi" mean?

Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes, a variety of the cabbage, having a turnip-shaped edible stem.

Kohlrabi

Common synonyms include: brassica oleracea cultivar, brassica oleracea gongylodes, brassica vegetable, bulb like stem, cabbage relative, edible stem.

/koʊlˈɹɑb.i/ noun

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Noun

1
Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes, a variety of the cabbage, having a turnip-shaped edible stem. countable, uncountable
2
fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem of the kohlrabi plant wordnet
3
plant cultivated for its enlarged fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem wordnet

"Her eyes were the colour of kohlrabi."

Borrowed from German Kohlrabi, from Kohl (“cabbage”) + Italian rape (“turnips”), from cavoli rape, the plural of cavolo rapa (“cole rape”).