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Definition of Cabbages:

A genus of plants embracing several species and varieties differing much in appearance and qualities: such as the common cabbage ( B. oleracea), broccoli, cauliflowers, etc.; the wild turnip ( B. campestris); the common turnip ( B. rapa); the rape or coleseed ( B. napus), etc.

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Anybody could do the digging and setting out cabbages, and your time is only wasted at it."

- "Tom Brown at Oxford", Thomas Hughes.
He pointed out to her row after row of his fine cabbages.

- "Jill's Red Bag", Amy Le Feuvre.
Then she added, in an indescribably pathetic voice, " People have to live first before they can see, and they can't think until they are fed, and one needs always to have had enough turnips and cabbages to eat without troubling about the getting them, in order to see in them anything except food."

- "The Portion of Labor", Mary E. Wilkins Freeman.