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Oreodoxa oleracea
Cabbage Cab"bage (k[a^]b"b[asl]j), n. [OE. cabage, fr. F. cabus headed (of cabbages), chou cabus headed cabbage, cabbage head; cf. It. capuccio a little head, cappuccio cowl, hood, cabbage, fr. capo head, L. caput, or fr. It. cappa cape. See Chief, Cape.] (Bot.) 1. An esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the wild Brassica oleracea of Europe. The common cabbage has a compact head of leaves. The cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, etc., are sometimes classed as cabbages. 2. The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like, cabbage, for food. See Cabbage tree, below. 3. The cabbage palmetto. See below. Cabbage aphis (Zo["o]l.), a green plant-louse (Aphis brassic[ae]) which lives upon the leaves of the cabbage. Cabbage beetle (Zo["o]l.), a small, striped flea-beetle (Phyllotreta vittata) which lives, in the larval state, on the roots, and when adult, on the leaves, of cabbage and other cruciferous plants. Cabbage butterfly (Zo["o]l.), a white butterfly (Pieris rap[ae] of both Europe and America, and the allied P. oleracea, a native American species) which, in the larval state, devours the leaves of the cabbage and the turnip. See Cabbage worm, below. Cabbage fly (Zo["o]l.), a small two-winged fly (Anthomyia brassic[ae]), which feeds, in the larval or maggot state, on the roots of the cabbage, often doing much damage to the crop. Cabbage head, the compact head formed by the leaves of a cabbage; -- contemptuously or humorously, and colloquially, a very stupid and silly person; a numskull. Cabbage palmetto, a species of palm tree (Sabal Palmetto) found along the coast from North Carolina to Florida. Cabbage rose (Bot.), a species of rose (Rosa centifolia) having large and heavy blossoms. Cabbage tree, Cabbage palm, a name given to palms having a terminal bud called a cabbage, as the Sabal Palmetto of the United States, and the Euterpe oleracea and Oreodoxa oleracea of the West Indies. Cabbage worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of several species of moths and butterflies, which attacks cabbages. The most common is usually the larva of a white butterfly. See Cabbage butterfly, above. The cabbage cutworms, which eat off the stalks of young plants during the night, are the larv[ae] of several species of moths, of the genus Agrotis. See Cutworm. Sea cabbage.(Bot.) (a) Sea kale (b) . The original Plant (Brassica oleracea), from which the cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, etc., have been derived by cultivation. Thousand-headed cabbage. See Brussels sprouts.

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- Florida. In 1816 German botanist Carl Sigismund ****h described the species Oreodoxa regia based on collections made by Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland...
- species Prestoea pubigera (Griseb. & H. Wendl.) Hook. f. Diversity See text Synonyms Euterpe Gaertn. Martinezia Ruiz & Pav. Oreodoxa Willd. Acrista O.F.Cook...
- Matucana oreodoxa is a species of Matucana found in Peru. Matucana oreodoxa usually grows solitary with spherical, gr****-green to dark green shoots and...
- Dillwynia oreodoxa is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Victoria, Australia. It is an erect shrub with glabrous foliage...
- Rhododendron oreodoxa is a species of flowering plant in the genus Rhododendron native to central China. Its variety Rhododendron oreodoxa var. fargesii...
- Matucana Species: M. rebutiiflora Binomial name Matucana rebutiiflora G.J.Charles Synonyms Matucana oreodoxa subsp. rebutiiflora (G.J.Charles) Corman...
- Bulbophyllum oreodoxa is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum. The Bulbophyllum-Checklist The Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia v t e...
- Lonicera oblongifolia – swamp fly honeysuckle Lonicera oiwakensis Lonicera oreodoxa Lonicera orientalis Lonicera paradoxa Lonicera periclymenum – (common)...
- were generally recognized: Greater Antillean royal palms were considered Oreodoxa regia (now Roystonea regia), while Lesser Antillean ones were considered...
- Binomial name Zygaena algira Boisduval, 1834 Synonyms Zygaena bachagha Oberthür, 1916 Zygaena oreodoxa Marten, 1944 Zygaena bornefeldii Burgeff & Reiss, 1973...