Colcannon Definition
kŏl-kănən
noun
An Irish dish made of potatoes and greens, esp. cabbage, boiled together and mashed.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Colcannon
Noun
Singular:
colcannon
Plural:
colcannonsOrigin of Colcannon
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Irish Gaelic cál ceannan cál cabbage (from Old Irish) (from Latin caulis) ceannan white-headed (ceann head) (from Old Irish cenn) (fionn white) (from Old Irish find weid- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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