head cabbage

1. 1.

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

   Synonymshead cabbage plantBrassica oleracea capitata

   Broadercabbage

   Narrowersavoy cabbagered cabbage
2. 2.

   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

   Broadercabbage

   Narrowerred cabbagesavoy cabbage

Questions about head cabbage

What does head cabbage mean?

head cabbage means "any of various cultivated cabbage plants having a short thick stalk and large compact head of edible usually green leaves". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for head cabbage?

Close synonyms include head cabbage plant, Brassica oleracea capitata. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is head cabbage a common word?

head cabbage is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.