cabbage tree

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called ti a tree, Cordyline australis, of New Zealand having a tall branchless trunk and a palmlike top

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several other similar trees of the genus Cordyline

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Noun	1.	cabbage tree - Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young Livistona australis, cabbage palm palm 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
	2.	cabbage tree - tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic Andira inermis, cabbage bark, cabbage-bark tree Andira, genus Andira - small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa andelmin, angelim - any of several tropical American trees of the genus Andira
	3.	cabbage tree - elegant tree having either a single trunk or a branching trunk each with terminal clusters of long narrow leaves and large panicles of fragrant white, yellow or red flowers; New Zealand Cordyline australis, grass tree Cordyline, genus Cordyline - Asiatic and Pacific trees or shrubs; fragments of the trunk will regrow to form whole plants tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

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andelmin Andira Andira inermis angelim cabbage bark cabbage palm cabbage-bark tree Cordyline Cordyline australis genus Andira genus Cordyline genus Livistona grass tree Livistona Livistona australis palm palm tree replant	EVENTS 2009 22 Aug Lunch at the Cabbage Tree celebrating 100 years of Invercargill District Nursing Achievement in Southland Email: anne. Events by Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand quot;The palm trees here seem to be of a different species from the cabbage tree, their straight trunks are sixty, eighty or ninety feet high with a beautiful taper, of a bright ash colour, until within six or seven feet of the top, where it is a fine green colour, crowned with an orb of rich green plumed leaves: I have measured the stem of these plumes fifteen feet in length, besides the plume, which is nearly of the same length. History of the Discovery of the Native American Palm Trees by Pat Malcolm / Home improvement and landscaping community	Caballine spring Caballo cabana Cabanatuan cabaret Cabas cabasset Cabassou cabassous Cabassous unicinctus cabbage Cabbage aphis cabbage bark Cabbage beetle cabbage bug cabbage butterfly Cabbage fly Cabbage head cabbage lettuce cabbage moth cabbage palm cabbage palmetto cabbage pounder cabbage root fly cabbage rose cabbage tree cabbage white cabbage worm cabbage-bark tree cabbagetown cabbageworm cabbala Cabbalah cabbalistic cabbie Cabbler Cabbling cabby cabdriver CABE Cabeca Cabell caber Cabernet Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Sauvignon grape Cabeza de Vaca cabezon CABG Cabiai Cabimas	Cabbage family Cabbage family Cabbage fly Cabbage head Cabbage Juice Diet Cabbage Leaf Protein Concentrate cabbage lettuce cabbage lettuces Cabbage looper Cabbage Moth cabbage moths cabbage palm cabbage palm Cabbage palm fern cabbage palmetto cabbage palmetto cabbage palmettos cabbage palmettos cabbage palms cabbage palms Cabbage patch kid Cabbage Patch Settlement House, Inc. cabbage poison cabbage pounder Cabbage roll cabbage root fly cabbage rose cabbage roses Cabbage soup diet cabbage tree Cabbage tree (New Zealand) cabbage trees cabbage trees Cabbage White Cabbage White cabbage whites cabbage whites Cabbage worm cabbage yellows cabbage-bark tree Cabbage-palm Cabbage-palm Cabbages Cabbages Cabbages Cabbagetown Cabbagetown Group Softball League cabbageworm cabbageworms cabbagy cabbagy cabbagy Cabbala Cabbala Cabbala Cabbalah Cabbalah Cabbalah cabbalism cabbalism

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andelmin
Andira
Andira inermis
angelim
cabbage bark
cabbage palm
cabbage-bark tree
Cordyline
Cordyline australis
genus Andira
genus Cordyline
genus Livistona
grass tree
Livistona
Livistona australis
palm
palm tree
replant

EVENTS 2009 22 Aug Lunch at the Cabbage Tree celebrating 100 years of Invercargill District Nursing Achievement in Southland Email: anne.

Events by Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand

quot;The palm trees here seem to be of a different species from the cabbage tree, their straight trunks are sixty, eighty or ninety feet high with a beautiful taper, of a bright ash colour, until within six or seven feet of the top, where it is a fine green colour, crowned with an orb of rich green plumed leaves: I have measured the stem of these plumes fifteen feet in length, besides the plume, which is nearly of the same length.

History of the Discovery of the Native American Palm Trees by Pat Malcolm / Home improvement and landscaping community