כרובית

Hebrew

Etymology

Coined by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda from כרוב‎ (“cabbage”) +‎ -ית‎, under influence of Arabic قَرْنَبِيط‎ (qarnabīṭ), which itself was derived from Ancient Greek κράμβη (krámbē, “cabbage”).

Noun

כְּרוּבִית • (kruvít) f

  1. cauliflower

References
  • “כרובית” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading
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