col·can·non (k l-k n  n)n. An Irish dish of mashed potatoes and cabbage, seasoned with butter. [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; see weid- in Indo-European roots).] |
colcannon [kəlˈkænən ˈkɒlˌkænən]
n
(Cookery) a dish, originating in Ireland, of potatoes and cabbage or other greens boiled and mashed together
[from Irish Gaelic cál ceannann, literally: white-headed cabbage]
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