a cabbage-shaped decoration, as a rosette or knot on a woman's dress, hat, etc.
delicious little choux topped with sugar crystals or streusel.
a type of cabbage
a rosette
a round cream bun
First recorded in 1700–10; from French: literally, “cabbage,” from Latin caulis “stem”; see origin at cole
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The president said “our private understanding” with Chinese Premier Chou En-lai was that “we won’t encourage it . . . we didn’t say we will discourage it, either.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025
Taiwan's deputy education minister said the case would be reviewed by their department, as well as the actions of Chou and Chen.
From BBC • Jul. 20, 2025
Meteor Rain was the theme song to the 2001 popular TV drama Meteor Garden, which starred F4's Jerry Yan, Vanness Wu, Vic Chou, and Ken Chu, and catapulted them to stardom.
From BBC • Jul. 14, 2025
Sophie Chou contributed data reporting, and Mariam Elba contributed research.
From Salon • Jul. 2, 2025
I sit on the steps of our hut with Kim, Chou, and Geak, watching our parents disappear to bring my oldest sister home to us.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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