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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cabbage \Cab"bage\ (k[a^]b"b[asl]j), noun [OE. cabage, fr. F. cabus headed (of cabbages), chou cabus headed cabbage, cabbage head; cf. It. capuccio a little head, cappuccio cowl, hood, cabbage, fr. capo head, L. caput, or fr. It. cappa cape. See {Chief}, {Cape}.] (Bot.)
1. 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.
2. The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like, cabbage, for food. See {Cabbage tree}, below.
3. The cabbage palmetto. See below.
{Cabbage aphis} (Zool.), a green plant-louse ({Aphis brassic[ae]}) which lives upon the leaves of the cabbage.
{Cabbage beetle} (Zool.), 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} (Zool.), a small two-winged fly ({Anthomyia brassic[ae]}), 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} (Bot.), a species of rose ({Rosa centifolia}) having large and heavy blossoms.
{Cabbage tree}, {Cabbage palm}, 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}.(Bot.) (a) Sea kale (b) . The original Plant ({Brassica oleracea}), from which the cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, etc., have been derived by cultivation.
{Thousand-headed cabbage}. See {Brussels sprouts}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cabbage \Cab"bage\, verb (used without an object) To form a head like that the cabbage; as, to make lettuce cabbage. --Johnson.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cabbage \Cab"bage\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Cabbaged} (-b[asl]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cabbaging} (-b[asl]*j[i^]ng).] [F.cabasser, fr. OF. cabas theft; cf. F. cabas basket, and OF. cabuser to cheat.] To purloin or embezzle, as the pieces of cloth remaining after cutting out a garment; to pilfer.
Your tailor . . . cabbages whole yards of cloth. --Arbuthnot.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cabbage \Cab"bage\, noun Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noun
1: any of various types of cabbage [syn: {cabbage}, {chou}]
2: informal terms for money [syn: {boodle}, {bread}, {cabbage}, {clams}, {dinero}, {dough}, {gelt}, {kale}, {lettuce}, {lolly}, {lucre}, {loot}, {moolah}, {pelf}, {scratch}, {shekels}, {simoleons}, {sugar}, {wampum}]
3: any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers [syn: {cabbage}, {cultivated cabbage}, {Brassica oleracea}]
verb
1: make off with belongings of others [syn: {pilfer}, {cabbage}, {purloin}, {pinch}, {abstract}, {snarf}, {swipe}, {hook}, {sneak}, {filch}, {nobble}, {lift}]
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