cabbage
An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.
Other meanings
Any of various cultivars of the species Brassica oleracea.
The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.
“Cabbage is good for you.”
Kinds of cabbage
- cole
- head cabbage
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "caput" (head).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “cabbage” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.