2. The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like,
cabbage, for food. See {Cabbage tree}, below.
3. The cabbage palmetto. See below.
{Cabbage aphis} (Zo["o]l.), a green plant-louse ({Aphis
brassic[ae]}) which lives upon the leaves of the cabbage.
{Cabbage beetle} (Zo["o]l.), 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 butterfly} (Zo["o]l.), a white butterfly ({Pieris
rap[ae]} of both Europe and America, and the allied {P.
oleracea}, a native American species) which, in the larval
state, devours the leaves of the cabbage and the turnip.
See {Cabbage worm}, below.
{Cabbage fly} (Zo["o]l.), 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.
{Cabbage worm} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of several species of
moths and butterflies, which attacks cabbages. The most
common is usually the larva of a white butterfly. See
{Cabbage butterfly}, above. The cabbage cutworms, which
eat off the stalks of young plants during the night, are
the larv[ae] of several species of moths, of the genus
{Agrotis}. See {Cutworm}.
{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}.
Your tailor . . . cabbages whole yards of cloth.
--Arbuthnot.