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Meanings of head cabbage in English

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

Usage of head cabbage in English
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One-fourth head cabbage, three large onions, one turnip, three large potatoes, two tablespoons cooked beans; boil all together till tender.
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2
Heading cabbages often contain more sugar, and store well for months after harvest.
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On the floor, in heaps, were some hard- headed cabbages, only one or two spoiled.
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Chow-Chow.-Twoquarts tomatoes, half dozen green peppers, one dozen cucumbers, two white onions, two heads cabbage.
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In it were quantities of 'very fine well- headed cabbages and of all other sorts of pot herbs and vegetables.'
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One-half peck green tomatoes; one dozen peppers; two heads cabbage (medium size); one-half peck onions; one-fourth peck cucumbers.
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