noun
1. any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers
• Syn: ↑cabbage, ↑cultivated cabbage
• Hypernyms: ↑crucifer, ↑cruciferous plant
• Hyponyms: ↑head cabbage, ↑head cabbage plant, ↑Brassica oleracea capitata
• Member Holonyms: ↑Brassica, ↑genus Brassica
2. wild original of cultivated cabbages; common in western coastal Europe
• Syn: ↑wild cabbage
• Hypernyms: ↑crucifer, ↑cruciferous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Brassica, ↑genus Brassica
Useful english dictionary. 2012.