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Meanings of head cabbage plant in English

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

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        Examples for "head cabbage"
        1
        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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        3
        On the floor, in heaps, were some hard- headed cabbages, only one or two spoiled.
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        4
        Chow-Chow.-Twoquarts tomatoes, half dozen green peppers, one dozen cucumbers, two white onions, two heads cabbage.
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        5
        In it were quantities of 'very fine well- headed cabbages and of all other sorts of pot herbs and vegetables.'
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