cabbage palm

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).

Origin of cabbage palm

First recorded in 1765–75

Words Nearby cabbage palm

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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

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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