cabbage palmetto
a fan palm, Sabal palmetto, of the southeastern U.S.: the state tree of Florida and South Carolina.
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How to use cabbage palmetto in a sentence
Here the cabbage-palmetto and hard-wood trees rear their tops high in the air—a characteristic of the rich hummock soil.
Petals Plucked from Sunny Climes | Sylvia SunshineIt is said the trunks are not as strong as those of the cabbage palmetto in Florida.
American Forest Trees | Henry H. GibsonThe cypress, ash, and cabbage-palmetto grow on the banks above Pilatka.
Petals Plucked from Sunny Climes | Sylvia SunshineFrequently found under signs on trees near borders of towns; under bases of dead petioles of cabbage palmetto (Hebard, 1917).
The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches | Louis M. Roth
British Dictionary definitions for cabbage palmetto
a tropical American fan palm, Sabal palmetto, with edible leaf buds and leaves used in thatching
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