单词 | cabbage |
释义 | cabbage n.   1. a any of several cultivated varieties of Brassica oleracea, with thick green or purple leaves forming a round heart or head. b this head usu. eaten as vegetable.   2. colloq. derog. a person who is inactive or lacks interest. Phrases and idioms cabbage palm a palm tree, Cordyline australis, with edible cabbage-like terminal buds. cabbage rose a double rose with a large round compact flower. cabbage tree = cabbage palm. cabbage white a butterfly, Pieris brassicae, whose caterpillars feed on cabbage leaves. Derivatives cabbagy adj. Etymology: earlier cabache, -oche f. OF (Picard) caboche head, OF caboce, of unkn. orig. |
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