| cabbage palm n. 1. Any of several palms, such as the assai, with edible terminal buds. 2. See cabbage palmetto. |
cabbage palm, tree
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1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a West Indian palm, Roystonea (or Oreodoxa) oleracea, whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a similar Brazilian palm, Euterpe oleracea
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) an Australian palm tree, Livistona australis
4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several plants of the genus Cordyline, grown as ornamentals: family Agavaceae
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  cabbage palm - low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf budspalmetto - any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leaves genus Sabal, Sabal - American dwarf fan palms |
| 2. | cabbage palm - West Indian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young palm tree, palm - any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves genus Roystonea, Roystonea - a monocotyledonous genus of West Indian feather palms | |
| 3. |  cabbage palm - Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when youngpalm tree, palm - any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves genus Livistona, Livistona - fan palms of Asia and Australia and Malaysia | |
| 4. |  cabbage palm - Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when youngpalm tree, palm - any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves Euterpe, genus Euterpe - a monocotyledonous genus of graceful palm trees in tropical America |
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