Definitions for cabbage palm

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

cab′bage palm`(n.)

  1. any of several palms, esp. those of the genus Euterpe, having terminal leaf buds eaten as a vegetable or in salads.

    Category: Plants

Origin of cabbage palm:

1765–75

Princeton's WordNet

  1. cabbage palmetto, cabbage palm, Sabal palmetto(noun)

    low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds

  2. cabbage palm, Roystonea oleracea(noun)

    West Indian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young

  3. cabbage palm, cabbage tree, Livistona australis(noun)

    Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young

  4. cabbage palm, Euterpe oleracea(noun)

    Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young

Wiktionary

  1. cabbage palm(Noun)

    A common name for several different types of palms and palm-like plants.


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