cabbage palm

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noun

any of several palms, especially those of the genus Euterpe, having terminal leaf buds that are eaten as a vegetable or in salads.

cabbage tree (def. 2).

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Origin of cabbage palm

First recorded in 1765–75

Words nearby cabbage palm

cabbage butterfly, cabbagehead, cabbage lettuce, cabbage looper, cabbage moth, cabbage palm, cabbage palmetto, cabbage root fly, cabbage rose, cabbagetown, cabbage tree

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How to use cabbage palm in a sentence

There were palms and wild figs in abundance, and with cabbage-palm hearts as a substitute their meat diet was abandoned.
The Rogue Elephant|Elliott Whitney
Doors and windows may be made of wickerwork of liana, of split cabbage palm, or of a frame of sticks thatched with palm leaves.
The Maya Indians of Southern Yucatan and Northern British Honduras|Thomas William Francis Gann
What I call the umbrella palm, but what they call here the cabbage palm—a sort of Zamia alsophila—grew abundantly in groups.
The Last Voyage|Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey
As we approached the harbour, the cabbage palm became rarer, and entirely disappeared at the head of it.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia|Ludwig Leichhardt

The sacrifice element in the Christian life is further illustrated in another kind of palm known as the Cabbage palm.
The Palm Tree Blessing|W. E. Shepard

British Dictionary definitions for cabbage palm

cabbage palm

cabbage tree

noun

a West Indian palm, Roystonea (or Oreodoxa) oleracea, whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage

a similar Brazilian palm, Euterpe oleracea

an Australian palm tree, Livistona australis

any of several plants of the genus Cordyline, grown as ornamentals: family Agavaceae

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