ProbableNamed from the place
Savoy cabbage
noun · first attested 16th century
The wrinkles are named for an Alpine duchy that no longer exists.
A cabbage with crinkled, loosely packed leaves, milder and more tender than a smooth white one.
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- Relationship
- Named from the place
- Confidence
- ProbableThe conventional story is likely, with caveats.
- Attested
- 16th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Savoy
- In English
Savoy cabbage
Savoy straddles the French and Italian Alps and was an independent duchy when the crinkled cabbages entered English gardens, so the name records where they were believed to come from rather than where they were bred. They shrug off frost, which is why they show up in winter cooking.
France
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