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HEAD CABBAGE PLANT

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Brassica oleracea capitata; head cabbage; head cabbage plant

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("head cabbage plant" is a kind of...):

Brassica oleracea; cabbage; cultivated cabbage (any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "head cabbage plant"):

savoy cabbage (cabbage plant with a compact head of crinkled leaves)

red cabbage (cabbage plant with a compact head of reddish purple leaves)

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