Cabbage is a leafy vegetable with thick, compact leaves that form a round head, often eaten raw in salads or cooked in many dishes. It comes in green, red, and other varieties.
From Old French 'caboche' meaning 'head,' originally used for both heads and certain vegetables. The word came into English in the Middle Ages with French influence on cooking terms. The idea of a tight, round 'head' of leaves matched the human-head metaphor.
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