chou moellier
(tʃaʊ ˈmɒlɪə(r), ‖ ʃu mwalye)
[Fr., lit. marrow-filled cabbage.]
A coarse kind of kale grown esp. in New Zealand and Australia for feeding to stock.
| 1910 Jrnl. Dept. Agric. N.Z. 15 Oct. 354 Chou moellier (Marrow Cabbage): Ruakura. This comparatively new plant is proving valuable as a fodder crop. 1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Jan. 19/1 [In Hawkes Bay] some 42,000 acres are devoted to the growing of green fodder and root crops, and of this chou moellier for supplementary winter feed occupies nearly 20,000 acres. |