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HEAD CABBAGE PLANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does head cabbage plant mean? 

HEAD CABBAGE PLANT (noun)
  The noun HEAD CABBAGE PLANT has 1 sense:

1. any of various cultivated cabbage plants having a short thick stalk and large compact head of edible usually green leavesplay

  Familiarity information: HEAD CABBAGE PLANT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HEAD CABBAGE PLANT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Brassica oleracea capitata; head cabbage; head cabbage plant

Hypernyms ("head cabbage plant" 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 plant"):

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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