wild cabbage

noun

1

: a plant that is the wild original of the cultivated cabbage and is common near the seacoast in various parts of Europe

2

: a succulent herb (Caulanthus crassicaulis) of the family Cruciferae that is native to the western U.S. and has edible foliage

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