CULTIVATED CABBAGE

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Meaning:

Any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers

Synonyms:

Brassica oleracea; cabbage; cultivated cabbage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

crucifer; cruciferous plant (any of various plants of the family Cruciferae)

Meronyms (parts of "cultivated cabbage"):

cabbage; chou (any of various types of cabbage)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cultivated cabbage"):

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)

Holonyms ("cultivated cabbage" is a member of...):

Brassica; genus Brassica (mustards: cabbages; cauliflowers; turnips; etc.)