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cabbage /ˈkabɪdʒ /noun1A cultivated plant eaten as a vegetable, having thick green or purple leaves surrounding a spherical heart or head of young leaves.- Brassica oleracea, family Cruciferae (or Brassicaceae; the cabbage family). As well as the brassicas, the members of this family (known as crucifers) include the mustards and cresses together with many ornamentals (candytuft, alyssum, stocks, nasturtiums, wallflowers).
In the school's garden are giant tufts of spinach, green peppers and cabbages planted according to eco-friendly and sustainable permaculture principles....- Particularly good trap crops include: green lettuce, cabbage, calendula, marigolds, comfrey leaves, zinnias and beans.
- Other fields and cottage gardens grow grapevines on overhead trellises, the soil beneath the arches being densely planted with cabbages and other vegetables.
1.1 [mass noun] The leaves of cabbage, eaten as a vegetable: boiled cabbage...- The vegetables, a mixture of bok choy, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower and carrots, were fresh and delicious.
- In the meantime it may help to avoid gas producing foods, including beans, broccoli, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, eggplant, radishes and onions.
- Add the onion, paprika, bay leaves, cabbage, carrot and potatoes.
2 informal A person who leads a dull or inactive life: the image of the housewife as a cabbage is prevalent...- Staying at home doesn't mean you should become a cabbage.
- She longs to resume a career, ‘I do not want to become a cabbage,’ she says.
- You just become a cabbage; bored to tears watching telly, with every day the same.
2.1British offensive A person whose physical or mental activity is impaired or destroyed by injury or illness: I said I would not become a cabbage after my stroke Derivativescabbagey adjective ...- The original wild plant, known as wild or sea cabbage, still grows in some coastal areas of Europe, is occasionally gathered and eaten, and has a cabbagy flavour.
- The first time I had a Vietnamese fresh roll, it ruined the lugubrious, cabbagy egg roll for me forever.
- Down an alley-way comes the breeze, bringing gusts of foetid cabbagy air from the gratings over college kitchens along with its weight of moist droplets and spray.
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French (Picard) caboche 'head', variant of Old French caboce, of unknown origin. RhymesBabbage |