Found 3 items, similar to Cabbage.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: cabbage kubis
English → English (WordNet) Definition: cabbage cabbage n 1: any of various types of cabbage [syn: chou] 2: informal terms for money [syn: boodle, bread, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum] 3: any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers [syn: cultivated cabbage , Brassica oleracea] cabbage v : make off with belongings of others [syn: pilfer, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Cabbage Cabbage \Cab"bage\ (k[a^]b"b[asl]j), n. [OE. cabage, fr. F. cabus headed (of cabbages), chou cabus headed cabbage, cabbage head; cf. It. capuccio a little head, cappuccio cowl, hood, cabbage, fr. capo head, L. caput, or fr. It. cappa cape. See Chief, Cape.] (Bot.) 1. An esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the wild Brassica oleracea of Europe. The common cabbage has a compact head of leaves. The cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, etc., are sometimes classed as cabbages. [1913 Webster] 2. The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like, cabbage, for food. See Cabbage tree, below. [1913 Webster] 3. The cabbage palmetto. See below. [1913 Webster] Cabbage aphis (Zo["o]l.), a green plant-louse (Aphis brassic[ae] ) which lives upon the leaves of the cabbage. Cabbage beetle (Zo["o]l.), a small, striped flea-beetle (Phyllotreta vittata) which lives, in the larval state, on the roots, and when adult, on the leaves, of cabbage and other cruciferous plants. Cabbage fly (Zo["o]l.), a small two-winged fly (Anthomyia brassic[ae] ), which feeds, in the larval or maggot state, on the roots of the cabbage, often doing much damage to the crop. Cabbage head, the compact head formed by the leaves of a cabbage; -- contemptuously or humorously, and colloquially, a very stupid and silly person; a numskull. Cabbage palmetto, a species of palm tree (Sabal Palmetto) found along the coast from North Carolina to Florida. Cabbage rose (Bot.), a species of rose (Rosa centifolia) having large and heavy blossoms. Cabbage tree, Cabbage palm, a name given to palms having a terminal bud called a cabbage, as the Sabal Palmetto of the United States, and the Euterpe oleracea and Oreodoxa oleracea of the West Indies. Sea cabbage.(Bot.) (a) Sea kale (b) . The original Plant (Brassica oleracea), from which the cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, etc., have been derived by cultivation. Thousand-headed cabbage. See Brussels sprouts. [1913 Webster] Cabbage \Cab"bage\, v. i. To form a head like that the cabbage; as, to make lettuce cabbage. --Johnson. [1913 Webster] Cabbage \Cab"bage\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cabbaged (-b[asl]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cabbaging (-b[asl]*j[i^]ng).] [F.cabasser, fr. OF. cabas theft; cf. F. cabas basket, and OF. cabuser to cheat.] To purloin or embezzle, as the pieces of cloth remaining after cutting out a garment; to pilfer. [1913 Webster] Your tailor . . . cabbages whole yards of cloth. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] Cabbage \Cab"bage\, n. Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments. [1913 Webster]