cabbages 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

chinese cabbage

either of two Asian brassicas now grown in the U.S. and widely used as greens:

bok choy

one (Brassica rapa pekinensis) that forms elongate more or less solid cylindrical heads and has pale green or cream-colored leaves

chinese cabbage

a cabbage with compact heads of wrinkled and curled leaves

any of several early-blooming perennial herbs of the arum family that occur in shaded, wet to swampy areas and have a fetid odor suggestive of a skunk:

one (Symplocarpus foetidus) of eastern North America and eastern Asia that has a hoodlike, brownish-purple spathe

one (Lysichiton americanus synonym L. americanum) chiefly of the Pacific coast region of North America that has a large yellow spathe