red cabbage

noun

a variety of the edible cabbage, Brassica oleracea, having deep reddish-purple leaves.

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Origin of red cabbage

First recorded in 1605–15

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Red-cabbage leaves steeped in a strong solution of common salt.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I
Arnold Cooley