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Webster 1913 Edition
Cabbage
Cab′bage
(kăb′bā̍j)
, Noun.
[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. 2.
The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like, cabbage, for food. See
Cabbage tree
, below. 3.
The cabbage palmetto. See below.
Cabbage aphis
(Zoöl.)
, a green plant-louse (
– Aphis brassicæ
) which lives upon the leaves of the cabbage. Cabbage beetle
(Zoöl.)
, 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
(Zoöl.)
, a small two-winged fly (
– Anthomyia brassicæ
), 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
.Cab′bage
,Verb.
I.
To form a head like that the cabbage;
as, to make lettuce
. cabbage
Johnson.
Cab′bage
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Cabbaged
(-bā̍jd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Cabbaging
(-bā̍-jĭng)
.] [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.
Your tailor . . .
cabbages
whole yards of cloth. Arbuthnot.
Cab′bage
,Noun.
Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cabbage
CABBAGE
,Noun.
Dogs cabbage, a name given to the Thelygonum cynocrambe. Fam. of Plants.
Sea-cabbage, n. The sea-beach kale, or sea-colewort, a genus of plants, called crambe. They are herbaceous esculents, with perennial roots, producing large leaves like those of cabbage, spreading on the ground.