Cabbage

kab′āj, n. a well-known kitchen vegetable.— ns. Cabb′age-butt′erfly , a large butterfly whose larvæ injure the leaves of cabbage and other cruciferous plants; Cabb′age-moth , a moth whose larva feeds on the cabbage; Cabb′age-palm , Cabb′age-tree , a name given in different countries to different species of palm, the great terminal bud of which is eaten cooked like cabbage, or sometimes also raw in salads; Cabb′age-rose , a species of rose which has a thick form like a cabbage-head; Cabb′age-worm , the larva of the cabbage-butterfly or of the cabbage-moth. [Fr. caboc he , head ( choux cab us , a cabbage); from L. caput , the head.]