cabbage

Synonyms:

Brassica oleracea, cultivated cabbage

Types:

Brassica oleracea capitata, head cabbage, head cabbage plant

any of various cultivated cabbage plants having a short thick stalk and large compact head of edible usually green leaves

savoy cabbage

cabbage plant with a compact head of crinkled leaves

red cabbage

cabbage plant with a compact head of reddish purple leaves

Type of:

crucifer, cruciferous plant

any of various plants of the family Cruciferae

Synonyms:

chou

Types:

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cole, kail, kale

coarse curly-leafed cabbage

Chinese cabbage, Chinese celery, celery cabbage

elongated head of crisp celery-like stalks and light green leaves

bok choi, bok choy

elongated head of dark green leaves on thick white stalks

head cabbage

any of several varieties of cabbage having a large compact globular head; may be steamed or boiled or stir-fried or used raw in coleslaw

collard greens, collards

kale that has smooth leaves

red cabbage

compact head of purplish-red leaves

savoy, savoy cabbage

head of soft crinkly leaves

Type of:

cruciferous vegetable

a vegetable of the mustard family: especially mustard greens; various cabbages; broccoli; cauliflower; brussels sprouts

Synonyms:

boodle, bread, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum

Type of:

money

the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender