cabbage Definition

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

any of several plants related to or resembling cabbage

money, cash

pieces of cloth left in cutting out garments and traditionally kept by tailors as perquisites

steal, filch

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

a noctuid moth (Trichoplusia ni) having pale green white-striped larvae that feed on cruciferous plants

a palm with terminal buds eaten as a vegetable

a cabbage palm (Sabal palmetto) with fan-shaped leaves native to coastal southeastern U.S. and the Bahamas

a fragrant garden rose (Rosa centifolia) with upright branches and large pink flowers

an insect larva (as of a cabbage butterfly) that feeds on cabbages

chinese cabbage