'Cabbage' definitions:

Definition of 'cabbage'

(from WordNet)
noun
Any of various types of cabbage [syn: cabbage, chou]
noun
Informal terms for money [syn: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum]
noun
Any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers [syn: cabbage, cultivated cabbage, Brassica oleracea]
verb
Make off with belongings of others [syn: pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift]

Definition of 'Cabbage'

From: GCIDE
  • 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 (Zool.), a green plant-louse ({Aphis brassic[ae]}) which lives upon the leaves of the cabbage.
  • Cabbage beetle (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), 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]

Definition of 'Cabbage'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Cabbage'

From: GCIDE
  • Cabbage \Cab"bage\, n. Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Cabbage'

From: GCIDE
  • Cabbage \Cab"bage\, v. i. To form a head like that the cabbage; as, to make lettuce cabbage. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'cabbage'

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Words containing 'Cabbage'