The leaves, flat and cabbage-like around the stem but ruffled and curly on the edges, barely fit inside the sink.    From Wordnik.com.  [Foodgoat] Reference

My love affair with the little green cabbage-like creatures started at Firefly Bistro in South Pasadena where they come almost BLACK- sautéed to a golden....well, black.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tuna Toast] Reference

In the foreground is the cup to my mini food processor; inside it is minced garlic, fresh ginger and Sichuan preserved vegetable, which is a salty, spicy cabbage-like critter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tigers & Strawberries » Winter Returns, and Comfort Food Rules Supreme] Reference

This variety differs from most, if not all, of the varieties of Swedish turnips, in having entire cabbage-like leaves, which, by their horizontal growth, often nearly cover the surface of the ground.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference

Appearance: Comes in small, round, cabbage-like heads.    From Wordnik.com.  [WBAY Action 2 News] Reference

The most serious enemy of cabbage-like plants is the root-maggot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)] Reference

Dan, tying his mayflowers together in one huge, solid, cabbage-like bunch.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Golden Road] Reference

It has cabbage-like contours with ruffled, multicolored leaves and a pink coloring.    From Wordnik.com.  [Food and Farm News] Reference

This milk didn't have that cabbage-like smell that pasteurized milk can have, even when it's a perfectly fresh carton.    From Wordnik.com.  [LewRockwell.com] Reference

(I think it's a sempervivum but I'm not sure because my leaf shapes are slightly different and overall they look more cabbage-like.).    From Wordnik.com.  [And We Shall March] Reference

Then George cried out, and ran round upon my side of the bo'sun, and I saw that one of the great cabbage-like things pursued him upon its stem, even as an evil serpent; and very dreadful it was, for it had become blood red in color; but I smote it with the sword, which I had taken from the lad, and it fell to the ground.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boats of the Glen Carrig: Chapter 4] Reference

"A curious little cabbage-like aquatic plant comes floating down, having a little root ready to attach itself to anything; he meets.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of Gordon, Volume I] Reference

COOK: Which is this is a cabbage-like plant.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 30, 2006] Reference

32 I.e. the cabbage-like crown.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anabasis] Reference

(1) I.e. the cabbage-like crown.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anabasis] Reference

6: 26 a.m. PST - 2001-08-13 well, yesterday was rather uneventful. my wife spent most of the day reading or sleeping. i want to say something mean, like she was being lazy or cabbage-like, but she wasn't. i can't be that unkind. did i care? hmmmm. enough to make her meals, take care of the stuff i normally take care of now. wash the clothes. clean the kitchen. wash dishes. clean up the pet area. it was nice to see her home. i wish i could have gotten a hug. or some fawning. or anything like that. but i can wait a little longer. bide my time. let her get her strength back before we talk about us. green death.    From Wordnik.com.  [mousepoet Diary Entry] Reference