cabbage

キャベツ

厚い葉が幾重にも重なり、生でも加熱しても食べる野菜。

やさしい英語で： A vegetable with many thick leaves packed together, eaten raw or cooked.

• We had cabbage soup for lunch.
• She shredded the cabbage for a salad.
• Do you prefer red or green cabbage?

類義語： cole, greens

よく使う表現： red cabbage, cabbage soup

キャベツ、アブラナ科野菜

キャベツやブロッコリー、カリフラワーを含む植物群の一種。

やさしい英語で： A plant variety in the group that includes ordinary leafy heads, broccoli, and cauliflower.

• This cabbage variety is grown for its striking leaves.
• The botanist compared several cabbage cultivars.
• These cabbages belong to the same species as broccoli.

よく使う表現： ornamental cabbage, cabbage cultivar

結球する

葉が育って密に重なり、丸い塊になる。

やさしい英語で： To grow leaves that form a tight, rounded head.

• The lettuce began to cabbage in early summer.
• These plants cabbage well in cool weather.
• The gardener waited for the young lettuces to cabbage.

類義語： head

よく使う表現： lettuce cabbage, begin to cabbage