Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Chou

Chou , noun

[French, from Latin caulis stalk.]

1.
A cabbage.
2.
A kind of light pastry, usually in the form of a small round cake, and with a filling, as of jelly or cream.
3.
A bunch, knot, or rosette of ribbon or other material, used as an ornament in women's dress.