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Date: 1400-1500
Language: French
Origin: caboche 'head'

cabbage

 noun
     
cabbage
Related topics: Plants
cab‧bage
1HBP [uncountable and countable] a large round vegetable with thick green or purple leaves
2MI [countable] British English informal someone who cannot think, move, speak etc as a result of brain injury [= vegetable]
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