'Sea cabbage' definitions:
Definition of 'Sea cabbage'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Sea 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]