英语词汇“cabbage palms”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

cabbage¹ /kabˈij/

noun

A vegetable (Brassica oleracea) of the Cruciferae family, having several cultivated varieties with large green or dark-red leaves forming a central, rounded edible head

The edible leaf bud of certain palms

A brain-damaged or mentally subnormal person (informal; offensive)

A dull, inactive person (informal, derogatory)

Banknotes or paper money (N Am sl)

ORIGIN: Fr caboche head, poss from L caput

cabbˈagy adjective

cabbage-buttˈerfly or cabbage-whiteˈ noun

A large white butterfly (genus Pieris) whose larvae feed on the leaves of cabbage and similar plants

cabbˈage-fly see cabbage-root fly below.

cabbˈage-lettuce noun

A type of lettuce with a cabbage-like head

cabbˈage-moth noun

A moth (Mamestra brassicae) whose larvae feed on cabbage and similar plants

cabbage palm noun

A cabbage tree
Any of several palms having leaf buds that are eaten like cabbage, esp Oreodoxa oleracea of the West Indies, and including the cabbage palmetto (Sabal palmetto) of tropical America

cabbage-root fly noun

A fly (Delia radicum) whose maggots damage cabbage roots

cabbage rose noun

A rose with a rounded, cabbage-like form

cabbˈagetown noun (Can)

A city slum (from an area in Toronto whose inhabitants were believed to exist on a diet of cabbage)

cabbage tree noun

A New Zealand plant (Cordyline australis), with bushy heads of grass-shaped leaves

cabbage-tree hat noun (Aust)

A broad-brimmed hat made from the leaves of the cabbage tree

cabbˈage-worm noun

The larva of the cabbage-butterfly or of the cabbage-moth

cabbage1 /kabˈij/

cabbage¹ /kabˈij/