cabbage /'kaebids; 'kaebids/ n [C] (kinds of) cultivated plant with a round head (often called the heart) of thick greenish-white or reddish-purple leaves, the illus at vegetable; [U] these leaves cooked as a vegetable or eaten as salad, coleslaw. 藍(lán) (俗稱包心菜或洋白菜) (參看 vegetable 之插圖); (作為蔬菜烹奏吃的或作為生菜吃的) 甘藍(lán)菜葉。