cabbage
cab·bage (kab′ij)
noun
- a common vegetable (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) of the crucifer family, with thick leaves formed into a round, compact head on a short, thick stalk: cultivated as early as 2000
- an edible bud at the end of the branch on some palm trees
- Slang paper money
Etymology: ME & OFr caboche, earlier caboce < ?
cab·bage (kab′ij)
transitive verb, intransitive verb cabbaged -·baged, cabbaging -·bag·ing
Etymology: prob. < Fr cabasser, to put into a basket, steal < cabas, basket < VL *capacium, reed basket
noun
Etymology: prob. < the v.
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