cabbage
Other forms: cabbages; cabbaged; cabbaging
Cabbage is a vegetable with thick, lettuce-like leaves. You can grow both green and purple cabbage in your garden.
You might shred some cabbage, mix it with chopped carrots and mayonnaise, and make coleslaw. Sauerkraut is another popular side dish made with cabbage. The cabbage plant is a close relation to broccoli and cauliflower, and has other plant relatives that are purely ornamental. In the 15th century, it was caboge, from the Middle French word caboche, or "head," ultimately from the Latin root caput, also "head."
Definitions of cabbage
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any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowerssynonyms: Brassica oleracea, cultivated cabbagetypes:Brassica oleracea capitata, head cabbage, head cabbage plantany of various cultivated cabbage plants having a short thick stalk and large compact head of edible usually green leavessavoy cabbagecabbage plant with a compact head of crinkled leavesred cabbagecabbage plant with a compact head of reddish purple leavestype of:
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any of various types of cabbagesynonyms: choutypes:Chinese cabbage, Chinese celery, celery cabbageelongated head of crisp celery-like stalks and light green leaveshead cabbageany of several varieties of cabbage having a large compact globular head; may be steamed or boiled or stir-fried or used raw in coleslawred cabbagecompact head of purplish-red leavestype of:cruciferous vegetablea vegetable of the mustard family: especially mustard greens; various cabbages; broccoli; cauliflower; brussels sprouts
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informal term for money
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make off with belongings of others
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