01 n. An esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the wild Brassica oleracea of Europe. The common cabbage has a compact head of leave…
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An esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the wild Brassica oleracea of Europe. The common cabbage has a compact head of leaves. The cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, etc., are sometimes classed as cabbages.(Bot.)
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The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like, cabbage, for food. See Cabbage tree, below.
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The cabbage palmetto. See below.
Phrases & compounds
Cabbage aphis —
a green plant-louse (Aphis brassicæ) which lives upon the leaves of the cabbage.
Cabbage beetle —
a small, striped flea-beetle (Phyllotreta vittata) which lives, in the larval state, on the roots, and when adult, on the leaves, of cabbage and other cruciferous plants.
Cabbage fly —
a small two-winged fly (Anthomyia brassicæ), which feeds, in the larval or maggot state, on the roots of the cabbage, often doing much damage to the crop.
Cabbage head —
the compact head formed by the leaves of a cabbage; -- contemptuously or humorously, and colloquially, a very stupid and silly person; a numskull.
Cabbage palmetto —
a species of palm tree (Sabal Palmetto) found along the coast from North Carolina to Florida.
Cabbage rose —
a species of rose (Rosa centifolia) having large and heavy blossoms.
Cabbage tree —
a name given to palms having a terminal bud called a cabbage, as the Sabal Palmetto of the United States, and the Euterpe oleracea and Oreodoxa oleracea of the West Indies.
Sea cabbage —
Sea kale
Thousand-headed cabbage —
See Brussels sprouts.