colecrop

noun
UK /ˈkəʊl.krɒp/
US /ˈkoʊl.krɑːp/

A colecrop is a plant like cabbage or broccoli that people grow to eat.

The farmer planted a colecrop in the garden for the winter.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. Any plant of the cabbage family grown as a crop.

Turnips and radishes are colecrops too.

3. A field where cabbage-family plants are grown.

The colecrop stretched across the hillside.

4. A vegetable dish made mainly from cabbage.

She served a warm colecrop with dinner.