cabbage head

English

Noun

cabbage head (plural cabbage heads)

1. Alternative form of cabbagehead
   1. Head of cabbage
      • 1945, United States. Dept. of Agriculture, Breeding better vegetables for the South at the U.S. Regional Vegetable Breeding Laboratory, page 15:

        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).

   2. Style of smokestack
      • 1953, Steel Rails, page 3:

        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.

   3. Foolish person
      • 2003, Robert McClain, The Cabbage Head, page 8:

        He had what every male cabbage head in the ROI between eighteen and fifty coveted; an American passport.

      • 2014, Malorie Blackman, Hurricane Betsey:

        “I said that Betsey is a cabbage head,” said May, very loudly this time.

   4. Type of jellyfish
      • 2011, John Whorff, Kayaking the Texas Coast, page 11:

        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).

   5. Mineral formation
      • 1935, Paper - Geological Survey of Canada - Volume 62, Issues 10-18:

        In a fault slice immediately to the east and southeast of the western ice-cap, stromatolitic "cabbage head' structures were observed.

   6. Type of caterpillar.
      • 2013, Issues in Life Sciences, page 32:

        The cabbage head caterpillar Crocidolomia pavonana (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) is an increasingly devastating pest on white cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) in Uganda.