head cabbage

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head cabbage - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  head cabbage
      n 1: any of various cultivated cabbage plants having a short
           thick stalk and large compact head of edible usually green
           leaves [syn: head cabbage, head cabbage plant,
           Brassica oleracea capitata]
      2: any of several varieties of cabbage having a large compact
         globular head; may be steamed or boiled or stir-fried or used
         raw in coleslaw