cabbage head

Noun

cabbage head (plural cabbage heads)

1. Head of cabbage
   • This deals with the vitamin content of the different parts of the cabbage head when the same varieties are grown in the spring (November to May) and in the fall (August to November).1945, United States. Dept. of Agriculture, Breeding better vegetables for the South at the U.S. Regional Vegetable Breeding Laboratory, page 15
2. Style of smokestack
   • Originally built as a coal burner, Dantzler converted the old engine to a wood burner by the installation of a cabbage head stack, furnished by the Vulcan Works, and a set of wood type grates.1953, Steel Rails, page 3
3. Foolish person
   • He had what every male cabbage head in the ROI between eighteen and fifty coveted; an American passport.2003, Robert McClain, The Cabbage Head, page 8
   • “I said that Betsey is a cabbage head,” said May, very loudly this time.2014, Malorie Blackman, Hurricane Betsey
4. Type of jellyfish
   • The common jellyfish along the Texas coast are the lion's mane (Cyanea capillata), the sea nettle (Chrysaora quinquecirrha), moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita), and cabbage head jellyfish (Stomolophus meleagris).2011, John Whorff, Kayaking the Texas Coast, page 11
5. Mineral formation
   • In a fault slice immediately to the east and southeast of the western ice-cap, stromatolitic "cabbage head' structures were observed.1935, Paper - Geological Survey of Canada - Volume 62, Issues 10-18
6. Type of caterpillar.
   • The cabbage head caterpillar Crocidolomia pavonana (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) is an increasingly devastating pest on white cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) in Uganda.2013, Issues in Life Sciences, page 32