cabbage palm

American  

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.

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cabbage palm British  

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

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Etymology

Origin of cabbage palm

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

On the screened front porch, a round table is supported by the base of a cabbage palm.

From Washington Post • Nov. 12, 2015

Last night we had a potful of the young wood of the cabbage palm, which tasted like asparagus.

From Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills by Landsborough, William

My attention was attracted by a cove in the western shore, upon the borders of which, more abundantly than elsewhere, grew a small kind of cabbage palm, from whence it was called Cabbage-tree Cove.

From A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2 by Flinders, Matthew

The leaves used came from what is commonly known as the dwarf or cabbage palm.

From Pioneering in Cuba A Narrative of the Settlement of La Gloria, the First American Colony in Cuba, and the Early Experiences of the Pioneers by Adams, James Meade

The cabbage palm grows everywhere, spontaneously, and is used both for food and making brooms.

From De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera by MacNutt, Francis Augustus