A cabbage head is covered in large leaves surrounding a core in the center.
Yes.
Yes.
In cabbage, the edible part is vegetative bud.
No, cabbage is not classified as a root vegetable. The edible part grows above the ground. Although cabbage has roots, they are not the edible part. Such things as carrot and potato (where the edible parts grow under the ground) are classified as "root" vegetables.
That is the purpose for which they are grown
Yes there is an edible plant in Antarctica. The sub-Antarctic edible plant is known as Kerguelen Cabbage.
probably try it and see
no and yes it really depends what you are trying to make out of it
No, you are eating an edible plant of the cabbage family.
many like spinach, cabbage, cauliflower, bringles
Yes, the brussels sprout is a cultivar of wild cabbage that is grown for its edible buds.
The part of the cabbage plant that we eat is a dense head of leaves borne on a relatively short stem; the loose leaves that grow below the head are also edible. In the case of other cabbage-family plants such as broccoli and cauliflower (and the more recently developed hybrid, broccoflower), we usually eat the clusters of undeveloped flower blossoms, but the leaves of these plants are also edible.
The now-common cabbage plant came from a leaf plant namd wild mustard plant. There is no certain person that discovered the edible cabbage, but it has been native in th Mditerranean since times of the ancient Romans and Greeks.
We eat cabbage leaves. When you buy a cabbage at a grocery store, practically the whole thing is edible. You can boil it, and serve it with butter or margarine, you can chop it up and make cole slaw, or use it in a salad. Some recipes involve wrapping other foods with cabbage leaves.