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It is said that no sort of food causes so much thirst as cabbage, especially that called colewort. Pausanias tells us it first sprang from the sweat of Jupiter, some drops of which fell on…cabbage looper
(Encyclopedia) cabbage looper, moth larva, Trichoplusia ni, that feeds by night on the leaves of cabbage and related plants and is a serious agricultural pest. Like the inchworms (of another moth…Brussels sprouts
(Encyclopedia) Brussels sprouts, variety (gemmifera) of cabbage producing small edible heads (sprouts) along the stem. It is cultivated like cabbage and was first developed in Belgium and France in…kohlrabi
(Encyclopedia) kohlrabikohlrabikōlˈräˈbē [key] [Ger. partly from Ital.,=turnip cabbage], plant (Brassica caulorapa, sometimes classified as var. caulorapa of the cabbage species) of the family…cabbage
(Encyclopedia) cabbage, leafy garden vegetable of many widely dissimilar varieties, all probably descended from the wild, or sea, cabbage (Brassica oleracea) of the family Cruciferae (or Brassicaceae…The Devil's Dictionary: Cabbage
by Ambrose Bierce CAABACALAMITYCABBAGE -n. A familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head. The cabbage is so called from Cabagius, a prince who on ascending…kale
(Encyclopedia) kale,&sp;borecoleborecolebôrˈkōl [key], and collards, common names for nonheading, hardy types of cabbage (var. acephala and sometimes others), with thick stems and curly leaves,…cauliflower
(Encyclopedia) cauliflowercauliflowerkôˈlĭflouˌər, kälˈĭ– [key], variety of cabbage, with an edible head of condensed flowers and flower stems. Broccoli is the horticultural variety (botrytis); both…broccoli
(Encyclopedia) broccolibroccolibrŏkˈəlē [key] [Ital.,=sprouts], variety of cabbage grown for the edible immature flower panicles. It is the same variety (Brassica oleracea botrytis) as the…skunk cabbage
(Encyclopedia) skunk cabbage: see arum.Trending
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