palm cabbage

American  

noun

1. cabbage palm.

2. the edible bud of a cabbage palm.

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Etymology

Origin of palm cabbage

First recorded in 1695–1705

Example Sentences

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palm cabbage

Then came broiled mallard duck, still crackling from the coals, and coonti bread, and a cold salad of palm cabbage, nut-flavored, delectable.

From The Firing Line by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

After our meal, which consisted of turtle and some palm cabbage, which in flavor resembles an artichoke, I set the example of commencing work.

From Adventures of a Young Naturalist by Gillmore, Parker