Kraut.
herb; useful plant (plant used to flavour food, or for medicinal effect)
Meaning & usage
herb; useful plant (plant used to flavour food, or for medicinal effect)
herbaceous plant
cabbage (vegetable)
a thick syrup made from sugar beets or, less often, fruit
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle High German krūt, from Old High German krūt, chrūt, from Proto-West Germanic *krūd (“plant, vegetable, herb”).
a German (from an Anglo-Saxon perspective)
Where this word comes from
From English Kraut (“German”), mostly via American films and books about World Wars I and II. The English term is from German Sauerkraut, due to the British and American perception of sauerkraut as a stereotypically German dish.
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