Brassica oleracea
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Rape \Rape\, n. [L. rapa, rapum, akin to Gr. "ra`pys, "ra`fys,
G. r["u]be.] (Bot.)
A name given to a variety or to varieties of a plant of the
turnip kind, grown for seeds and herbage. The seeds are used
for the production of rape oil, and to a limited extent for
the food of cage birds.
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Note: These plants, with the edible turnip, have been
variously named, but are all now believed to be derived
from the {Brassica campestris} of Europe, which by some
is not considered distinct from the wild stock
({Brassica oleracea}) of the cabbage. See {Cole}.
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{Broom rape}. (Bot.) See {Broom rape}, in the Vocabulary.
{Rape cake}, the refuse remaining after the oil has been
expressed from the rape seed.
{Rape root}. Same as {Rape}.
{Summer rape}. (Bot.) See {Colza}.
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Cabbage \Cab"bage\ (k[a^]b"b[asl]j), n. [OE. cabage, fr. F.
cabus headed (of cabbages), chou cabus headed cabbage,
cabbage head; cf. It. capuccio a little head, cappuccio cowl,
hood, cabbage, fr. capo head, L. caput, or fr. It. cappa
cape. See {Chief}, {Cape}.] (Bot.)
1. 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.
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2. The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like,
cabbage, for food. See {Cabbage tree}, below.
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3. The cabbage palmetto. See below.
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{Cabbage aphis} (Zool.), a green plant-louse ({Aphis
brassic[ae]}) 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, of cabbage
and other cruciferous plants.
{Cabbage fly} (Zool.), a small two-winged fly ({Anthomyia
brassic[ae]}), which feeds, in the larval or maggot state,
on the roots of the cabbage, often doing much damage to
the crop.
{Cabbage head}, the compact head formed by the leaves of a
cabbage; -- contemptuously or humorously, and
colloquially, a very stupid and silly person; a numskull.
{Cabbage palmetto}, a species of palm tree ({Sabal Palmetto})
found along the coast from North Carolina to Florida.
{Cabbage rose} (Bot.), a species of rose ({Rosa centifolia})
having large and heavy blossoms.
{Cabbage tree}, {Cabbage palm}, a name given to palms having
a terminal bud called a cabbage, as the {Sabal Palmetto}
of the United States, and the {Euterpe oleracea} and
{Oreodoxa oleracea} of the West Indies.
{Sea cabbage}.(Bot.)
(a) Sea kale
(b) . The original Plant ({Brassica oleracea}), from which
the cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, etc., have been
derived by cultivation.
{Thousand-headed cabbage}. See {Brussels sprouts}.
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Cauliflower \Cau"li*flow`er\, n. [F. choufleur, modified by E.
Cole. L. caulis, and by E. flower; F. chou cabbage is fr. L.
caulis stalk, cabbage, and fleur flower is fr. L. flos
flower. See {Cole}, and {Flower}.]
1. (Bot.) An annual variety of {Brassica oleracea}, or
cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and
buds is eaten as a vegetable.
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2. The edible head or "curd" of a cauliflower plant.
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Cole \Cole\ (k[=o]l), n. [OE. col, caul, AS. cawl, cawel, fr. L.
caulis, the stalk or stem of a plant, esp. a cabbage stalk,
cabbage, akin to Gr. kaylo`s. Cf. {Cauliflower}, {Kale}.]
(Bot.)
A plant of the {Brassica} or Cabbage genus; esp. that form of
{Brassica oleracea} called {rape} and {coleseed}.
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collards \col"lards\ (k[o^]l"l[~e]rdz), n. pl. [Corrupted fr.
colewort.]
1. Young cabbage, used as "greens"; esp. the leaves of a kind
of kale ({Brassica oleracea} acephala) cultivated for that
purpose, the collard or colewort. [Colloq. Southern U. S.]
Syn: collard greens.
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2. A kind of kale ({Brassica oleracea} acephala) cultivated
in the southern United States as a vegetable.
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