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RED CABBAGE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Compact head of purplish-red leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("red cabbage" is a kind of...):

head cabbage (any of several varieties of cabbage having a large compact globular head; may be steamed or boiled or stir-fried or used raw in coleslaw)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cabbage plant with a compact head of reddish purple leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("red cabbage" is a kind of...):

Brassica oleracea capitata; head cabbage; head cabbage plant (any of various cultivated cabbage plants having a short thick stalk and large compact head of edible usually green leaves)

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