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HEAD CABBAGE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("head cabbage" is a kind of...):

cabbage; chou (any of various types of cabbage)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "head cabbage"):

red cabbage (compact head of purplish-red leaves)

savoy; savoy cabbage (head of soft crinkly leaves)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of various cultivated cabbage plants having a short thick stalk and large compact head of edible usually green leaves

Synonyms:

Brassica oleracea capitata; head cabbage; head cabbage plant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("head cabbage" is a kind of...):

Brassica oleracea; cabbage; cultivated cabbage (any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "head cabbage"):

savoy cabbage (cabbage plant with a compact head of crinkled leaves)

red cabbage (cabbage plant with a compact head of reddish purple leaves)

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