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n. (Bot.) An esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the wild Brassica oleracea of Europe. The common cabbage has a compact head of leaves. The cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, etc., are sometimes classed as cabbages. The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like, cabbage, for food. See Cabbage tree, below. The cabbage palmetto. See below.

 - Cabbage aphis (Zool.), a green plant-louse (Aphis brassicæ) which lives upon the leaves of the cabbage.

 - Cabbage beetle (Zool.), a small, striped flea- beetle (Phyllotreta vittata) which lives, in the larval state, on the roots, and when adult, on the leaves, ...