cabbage
/ˈkæbɪd͡ʒ/ noun B1- An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.
- Any of various cultivars of the species Brassica oleracea.
- The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable. · Cabbage is good for you.
- A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage. · After the car crash, he became a cabbage.
- Used as a term of endearment.
- Money.
- Marijuana leaf, the part that is not smoked but from which cannabutter can be extracted.
- A terminal bud of certain palm trees, used for food.
Plural cabbages
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Aunt Em had just come out of the house to water the cabbages when she looked up and saw Dorothy running toward her.
I don’t believe a rose _would_ be as nice if it was called a thistle or a skunk cabbage.
In the meantime, my dear Lucien, here are cigars—contraband, of course—try them, and persuade the minister to sell us such instead of poisoning us with cabbage leaves.”
From amongst these vegetables he selected the most simple—a cabbage, for instance.
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