cabbage vs purple

cabbage

noun
  • Marijuana leaf, the part that is not smoked but from which cannabutter can be extracted. 

  • A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage. 

  • The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used for food. 

  • The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable. 

  • Leftover scraps of fabric. 

  • The cabbage palmetto (Sabal palmetto), a palm of the southeastern US coasts and nearby islands. 

  • Scraps of cloth which are left after a garment has been cut out, which tailors traditionally kept. 

  • An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves. 

  • Used as a term of endearment. 

  • Money. 

verb
  • To do nothing; to idle; veg out. 

  • To purloin or embezzle; to pilfer, to steal. 

  • To form a head like that of the cabbage. 

purple

noun
  • The purple haze cultivar of cannabis in the kush family, either pure or mixed with others, or by extension any variety of smoked marijuana. 

  • Any of the species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis). 

  • Purpura. 

  • Any of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk. 

  • Earcockle, a disease of wheat. 

  • A cardinalate. 

  • A color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta. 

  • Any non-spectral colour on the line of purples on a colour chromaticity diagram or a colour wheel between violet and red. 

  • Cloth, or a garment, dyed a purple colour; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple robe or mantle worn by Ancient Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity. 

  • Imperial power, because the colour purple was worn by emperors and kings. 

adj
  • Completed in the fastest time so far in a given session. 

  • Extravagantly ornate, like purple prose. 

  • Mixed between social democrats and liberals. 

  • Imperial; regal. 

  • Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support. 

  • Having a colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue. 

  • Blood-red; bloody. 

verb
  • To clothe in purple. 

  • To dye purple. 

  • To turn purple in colour. 

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