cabbage palm

noun

1. any of several palms, especially those of the genus Euterpe, having terminal leaf buds that are eaten as a vegetable or in salads.
2. cabbage tree ( def 2 ).

cabbage palm

noun

1. a West Indian palm, Roystonea (or Oreodoxa ) oleracea, whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage
2. a similar Brazilian palm, Euterpe oleracea
3. an Australian palm tree, Livistona australis
4. any of several plants of the genus Cordyline , grown as ornamentals: family Agavaceae

Word History and Origins

Origin of cabbage palm¹

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

There were palms and wild figs in abundance, and with cabbage-palm hearts as a substitute their meat diet was abandoned.

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Doors and windows may be made of wickerwork of liana, of split cabbage palm, or of a frame of sticks thatched with palm leaves.

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What I call the umbrella palm, but what they call here the cabbage palm—a sort of Zamia alsophila—grew abundantly in groups.

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As we approached the harbour, the cabbage palm became rarer, and entirely disappeared at the head of it.

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The sacrifice element in the Christian life is further illustrated in another kind of palm known as the Cabbage palm.

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