cabbage


Definition: Meaning of, cabbage in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈkabɪdʒ /

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cabbage cabbages
  1. [uncountable and countable] a large round vegetable with thick green or purple leaves
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  2. [countable] British English informal someone who cannot think, move, speak etc as a result of brain injury [=  vegetable]
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cabbage used in phrases

  • Chinese cabbage (noun)
    1. plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery; used as a vegetable in east Asia
    2. elongated head of crisp celery-like stalks and light green leaves
  • Chinese white cabbage (noun)
    1. asiatic plant grown for its cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leaves
  • John's cabbage (noun)
    1. showy perennial herb with white flowers; leaves sometimes used as edible greens in southeastern United States
  • cabbage bark (noun)
    1. tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic
  • cabbage butterfly (noun)
    1. cabbageworms white butterfly whose larvae feed on cabbage
  • cabbage palm (noun)
    1. low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds
    2. west Indian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
  • cabbage palmetto (noun)
    1. low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds
  • cabbage tree (noun)
    1. australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
    2. tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic
  • cabbage-bark tree (noun)
    1. tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic
  • celery cabbage (noun)
    1. plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery; used as a vegetable in east Asia
    2. elongated head of crisp celery-like stalks and light green leaves
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