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cabbage

73 1.0

A round vegetable with thick leaves eaten raw or cooked

noun
/ˈkæbɪdʒ/

: col

I bought a fresh head of cabbage to make coleslaw for the picnic.
head of cabbage
cook cabbage
eat cabbage

Got my tortilla and then cabbage with the sauce on it and my toppings.

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Examples

We're going to mix our cabbage, the white cabbage, the red cabbage.
Unbroken pieces of meat, lots of lots of cabbage and onion.
And very shortly, the cabbage will start coming through.
Did you forget to put the cabbage out, Mum?

By Deception (2022)
Can I have some more red cabbage?

A Christmas Story (1983)
I think I'll give the cabbage to the chickens.
We start with the green cabbage, red cabbage and carrots.
Other foods that saw increases in price were cabbage, also cauliflower.
You chop up some more cabbage and now we need frying ham.
Is that cabbage soup?

Anna Karenina (2012)

Synonyms

kale

vscabbage

43 2.4

A hardy green vegetable with curly leaves like cabbage

is the round vegetable with a compact head rather than loose curly leaves

red cabbage

vscabbage

2 1.8

A cabbage with dark red leaves often used in salads or cooking

is the round vegetable that comes in green or purple varieties

head cabbage

vscabbage

1 1.4

A round vegetable with a large firm head of leaves used for cooking

is the general round leafy vegetable without naming head type

savoy cabbage

vscabbage

1 2.6

A round vegetable with wrinkled green leaves used in cooking

is the round vegetable usually with smoother leaves rather than crinkly ones

savoy

vscabbage

1 4.4

A type of cabbage with soft, crinkly leaves used in cooking

is the round vegetable typically described without focusing on leaf texture

Chinese cabbage

vscabbage

1 2.3

A vegetable with long pale green leaves and thick white stalks used in Asian cooking

is the round vegetable with a compact head rather than an elongated form

Brassica oleracea capitata

vscabbage

Specialized

5.9

A leafy plant grown for its round edible head called cabbage

is the common name used for the same vegetable

head cabbage plant

vscabbage

3.8

A vegetable plant that grows a large round head of green leaves

is the round edible leafy vegetable rather than the plant focus

chou

vscabbage

9.8

A round vegetable with many layers of leaves that you cook and eat

is the common English description rather than a culinary term

colewort

vscabbage

Archaic

9.9

A type of cabbage grown as a vegetable with rough curly leaves that do not form a tight head

is the head forming round vegetable rather than loose leaf varieties

Chinese white cabbage

vscabbage

2.6

A leafy vegetable with white stalks and dark green leaves used in Asian cooking

is the round leafy vegetable with a compact head rather than stalk clusters

celery cabbage

vscabbage

3.7

A vegetable with a long head and crisp stalks like celery used in East Asian cooking

is the round vegetable with thick leafy head rather than crisp stalks

Compounds

red cabbage

2 1.8

A cabbage with dark red leaves often used in salads or cooking

stuffed cabbage

2 3.3

A cabbage leaf wrapped around meat and cooked, often served with tomato sauce

skunk cabbage

1 8.9

A low plant with a strong bad smell that grows in wet places

Chinese cabbage

1 2.3

A vegetable with long pale green leaves and thick white stalks used in Asian cooking

head cabbage

1 1.4

A round vegetable with a large firm head of leaves used for cooking

savoy cabbage

1 2.6

A round vegetable with wrinkled green leaves used in cooking

cabbage tree

Australian

9.3

An Australian palm tree whose young leaf buds are eaten

cabbage tree

Indian

9.8

A tropical tree with poisonous, smelly bark and hard wood used in traditional medicine

cabbage-bark tree

Indian

9.9

A tropical tree with smelly, poisonous bark and strong wood whose bark and seeds people use as medicine

cabbage bark

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9.9

A tropical American tree with rough, smelly poisonous outer layer and very hard wood used in traditional medicine

cabbage butterfly

3.4

A small white butterfly whose caterpillars eat cabbage and other garden plants

cabbage palmetto

8.2

A low palm tree with fan-shaped leaves and an edible heart

cabbage palm

6.1

A palm tree whose young leaf buds are eaten as a vegetable

cabbage tree

New Zealand

7.5

A New Zealand tree with long narrow leaves and tall clusters of fragrant flowers

celery cabbage

3.7

A vegetable with a long head and crisp stalks like celery used in East Asian cooking

Chinese white cabbage

2.6

A leafy vegetable with white stalks and dark green leaves used in Asian cooking

cultivated cabbage

Specialized

2.7

A garden plant like cabbage, broccoli or cauliflower that people grow to eat

head cabbage plant

3.8

A vegetable plant that grows a large round head of green leaves

John's cabbage

9.9

A plant that lives for more than one year with white flowers whose leaves are eaten as greens

southern cabbage butterfly

4.6

A small white butterfly whose caterpillars eat cabbage and other garden plants

turnip cabbage

5.3

A vegetable with a round thick stem you can eat cooked or raw

water cabbage

Australian

7.3

A floating water plant with soft triangular leaves that often forms thick mats

wild cabbage

2.6

A wild leafy plant that is the ancestor of garden vegetables like kale or broccoli

How Leafy

green leafy vegetable

2 2.5

borecole

Archaic

9.5

collard

15 5.4

cabbage

73 1.0

savoy

1 4.4

Surface Forms

cabbage singular

cabbages plural

Etymology

The word cabbage comes from Old North French caboche, which meant 'head' and goes back to Latin caput meaning 'head'. So a cabbage is like the 'head' of the plant, which helps explain its round shape and thick leaves.