cabbage

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. Any of several forms of a European vegetable (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) of the mustard family, having a globose head consisting of a short stem and tightly overlapping green to purplish leaves.
2. n. Any of several similar or related plants, such as Chinese cabbage.
3. n. The terminal bud of several species of palm, eaten as a vegetable.
4. n. Slang Money, especially in the form of bills.
5. n. Informal Sweetheart; dear. Used as a term of endearment.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A variety of Brassica oleracea in which the thick, rounded, and strongly veined leaves are crowded in a large compact head upon a short, stout stem. See Brassica. Many kinds are extensively cultivated for use as a vegetable and in salads, pickles, etc. The tree - or cow-cabbage is a coarse form raised for cattle, very tall and branching when in flower. From the prominence of this species, the whole order of Cruciferæ is sometimes called the cabbage family.
2. n. The large terminal bud of some kinds of palms, as the cabbage-palm.
3. To form a head like that of a cabbage in growing: as, a plant cabbages.
4. n. The part of a deer's head wherein the horns are set.
5. n. A part of a head-dress worn by women in the eighteenth century, described as a roll at the back of the head.
6. To grow to a head: said of the horns of a deer.
7. To purloin; specifically, to keep possession of part of a customer's cloth from which a garment has been made.
8. n. Anything filched; specifically, cloth purloined by a tailor who makes garments from material supplied by his customers.
9. n. See gall-weevil, etc.
10. To crib or appropriate dishonestly; use surreptitiously; cab.
11. n. A cab or crib, used surreptitiously by a school-boy in preparing his lessons or writing his exercises.

Wiktionary

1. n. An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.
2. n. uncountable The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.
3. n. countable, offensive A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage.
4. n. Used as a term of endearment.
5. n. uncountable, slang Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments.
6. n. uncountable, slang Money.
7. n. uncountable, slang Marijuana leaf, the part you don't smoke but have to first extract into cannabutter and bake into spacecake to get high off.
8. v. intransitive To form a head like that of the cabbage; as, to make lettuce cabbage.
9. v. intransitive To purloin or embezzle, as the pieces of cloth remaining after cutting out a garment; to pilfer.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. 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.
2. n. The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like, cabbage, for food. See Cabbage tree, below.
3. n. The cabbage palmetto. See below.
4. v. To form a head like that the cabbage.
5. v. To purloin or embezzle, as the pieces of cloth remaining after cutting out a garment; to pilfer.
6. n. Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers
2. n. any of various types of cabbage
3. n. informal terms for money
4. v. make off with belongings of others