head cabbage
1. any of various cultivated cabbage plants having a short thick stalk and large compact head of edible usually green leaves • Syn: head cabbage plant, Brassica oleracea capitata • Hypernyms: cabbage, cultivated cabbage, Brassica oleracea • Hyponyms: savoy cabbage, red cabbage 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 • Hypernyms: cabbage, chou • Hyponyms: red cabbage, savoy cabbage, savoy
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