cabbage tree


noun
  1. any tropical tree or treelike plant having leaves or edible shoots suggestive of cabbage.

  2. an Australian palm tree of the genus Livistona, especially L. australis.

Origin of cabbage tree

1
First recorded in 1715–25

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British Dictionary definitions for cabbage tree

cabbage tree

noun
  1. Also called: ti a tree, Cordyline australis, of New Zealand having a tall branchless trunk and a palmlike top

  2. any of several other similar trees of the genus Cordyline

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