cabbage vs vegetable

cabbage

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

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

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

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

vegetable

noun
  • The edible part of such a plant. 

  • A person whose brain (or, infrequently, body) has been damaged so that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment; a person in a persistent vegetative state. 

  • Any plant. 

  • A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice in the culinary sense. 

adj
  • Of or relating to plants. 

  • Of or relating to vegetables. 

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