Cabbage

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  • noun. Any of several forms of a vegetable (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) of the mustard family, having a globose head consisting of a short stem and tightly overlapping green to purplish leaves.
  • noun. Any of several similar or related plants, such as Chinese cabbage.
  • noun. The terminal bud of several species of palm, eaten as a vegetable.
  • noun. Money, especially in the form of bills.
  • noun. Sweetheart; dear. Used as a term of endearment.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To form a head like that of a cabbage in growing: as, a plant cabbages.
  • noun. A variety of Brassica oleracea in which the thick, rounded, and strongly veined leaves are crowded in a large compact head upon a short, stout stem. See Brassica.
  • noun. The large terminal bud of some kinds of palms, as the cabbage-palm.
  • To grow to a head: said of the horns of a deer.
  • noun. The part of a deer's head wherein the horns are set.
  • noun. A part of a head-dress worn by women in the eighteenth century, described as a roll at the back of the head.
  • noun. See gall-weevil, etc.
  • noun. Anything filched; specifically, cloth purloined by a tailor who makes garments from material supplied by his customers.
  • To crib or appropriate dishonestly; use surreptitiously; cab.
  • noun. A cab or crib, used surreptitiously by a school-boy in preparing his lessons or writing his exercises.
  • To purloin; specifically, to keep possession of part of a customer's cloth from which a garment has been made.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To form a head like that the cabbage.
  • intransitive verb. To purloin or embezzle, as the pieces of cloth remaining after cutting out a garment; to pilfer.
  • noun. Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like, cabbage, for food. See Cabbage tree, below.
  • noun. The cabbage palmetto. See below.
  • noun. a green plant-louse (Aphis brassicæ) which lives upon the leaves of the cabbage.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. the compact head formed by the leaves of a cabbage; -- contemptuously or humorously, and colloquially, a very stupid and silly person; a numskull.
  • noun. a species of palm tree (Sabal Palmetto) found along the coast from North Carolina to Florida.
  • noun. a species of rose (Rosa centifolia) having large and heavy blossoms.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The original Plant (Brassica oleracea), from which the cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, etc., have been derived by cultivation.
  • noun. See Brussels sprouts.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.
  • noun. The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.
  • noun. A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage.
  • noun. Used as a term of endearment.
  • noun. Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments.
  • noun. Money
  • noun. Marijuana leaf, the part you don't smoke but have to first extract into cannabutter and bake into spacecake to get high off.
  • verb. To form a head like that of the cabbage; as, to make lettuce cabbage.
  • verb. To purloin or embezzle, as the pieces of cloth remaining after cutting out a garment; to pilfer.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers
  • noun. any of various types of cabbage
  • noun. informal terms for money
  • verb. make off with belongings of others
  • Word Usage
    "Well, the plain cabbage is now used up, so tomorrow I go cross town to buy a Savoy and make the raised cabbage pies."
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    money  steal  
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    Babbage  
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    apple  beet  cauliflower  celery  cheese  
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