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cabbage
noun(cab-bage)
any of several brassicas (Brassica oleracea) of European origin; especially : a leafy garden plant (Brassica oleracea capitata) with a short stem and a dense globular head of usually green leaves that is used as a vegetable
cabbage
noun(cab-bage)
any of several plants related to or resembling cabbage
cabbage
noun(cab-bage)
money, cash
cabbage
noun(cab-bage)
pieces of cloth left in cutting out garments and traditionally kept by tailors as perquisites
cabbage
verb(cab-bage)
steal, filch
cabbage
noun(cab-bage)
any of several largely white butterflies (family Pieridae) whose green larvae are cabbage worms; especially : a small cosmopolitan butterfly (Pieris rapae synonym Artogeia rapae) that is a pest on cabbage —called also cabbage white
cabbage
noun(cab-bage)
a noctuid moth (Trichoplusia ni) having pale green white-striped larvae that feed on cruciferous plants
cabbage
noun(cab-bage)
a palm with terminal buds eaten as a vegetable
cabbage
noun(cab-bage)
a cabbage palm (Sabal palmetto) with fan-shaped leaves native to coastal southeastern U.S. and the Bahamas
cabbage
noun(cab-bage)
a fragrant garden rose (Rosa centifolia) with upright branches and large pink flowers
cabbage
noun(cab-bage)
an insect larva (as of a cabbage butterfly) that feeds on cabbages
cabbage
noun(cab-bage)
chinese cabbage

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