[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cabbage \cab"bage\ ka^b"baslj, 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
      brassicae 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
      brassicae, 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
see also:
chief cape brassica oleracea cabbage tree cabbage aphis aphis brassicae 
cabbage beetle phyllotreta vittata cabbage fly anthomyia brassicae cabbage head 
cabbage palmetto sabal palmetto cabbage rose rosa centifolia cabbage palm 
euterpe oleracea oreodoxa oleracea sea cabbage thousand-headed cabbage brussels sprouts 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cabbage \cab"bage\, v. i.
   to form a head like that the cabbage; as, to make lettuce
   cabbage. --johnson.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cabbage \cab"bage\, v. i. imp.  p. p. cabbaged -basljd;
   p. pr.  vb. n. cabbaging -baslji^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
see also:
cabbaged cabbaging 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cabbage \cab"bage\, n.
   cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out
   garments.
   1913 webster

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

cabbage
     n 1: any of various types of cabbage syn: chou
     2: informal terms for money syn: boodle, bread, clams, dinero,
         dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot,
         moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar,
         wampum
     3: any of various cultivars of the genus brassica oleracea
        grown for their edible leaves or flowers syn: cultivated
        cabbage, brassica oleracea
     v : make off with belongings of others syn: pilfer, purloin,
          pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak,
         filch, nobble, lift
see also:
chou boodle bread clams dinero dough 
gelt kale lettuce lolly lucre 
loot moolah pelf scratch shekels 
simoleons sugar wampum cultivated cabbage brassica oleracea 
pilfer purloin pinch abstract snarf 
swipe hook sneak filch nobble 
lift 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

50 moby thesaurus words for "cabbage":
   irish potato, kraut, aubergine, beans, blunt, boodle, brass, bread,
   bucks, chips, dinero, dough, eggplant, gelt, gilt, grease, green,
   green stuff, greens, jack, kale, legumes, love apple, mad apple,
   mazuma, moolah, mopus, oil of palms, ointment, oof, ooftish,
   pieplant, potato, potherbs, produce, rhino, rhubarb, rocks,
   shekels, simoleons, spondulics, spud, sugar, tater, the needful,
   tin, tomato, vegetables, wampum, white potato

[7] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)

cabbage, n.  a familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and
wise as a man's head.
    the cabbage is so called from cabagius, a prince who on ascending
the throne issued a decree appointing a high council of empire
consisting of the members of his predecessor's ministry and the
cabbages in the royal garden.  when any of his majesty's measures of
state policy miscarried conspicuously it was gravely announced that
several members of the high council had been beheaded, and his
murmuring subjects were appeased.

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