cabbage palm

noun

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

cabbage tree (def. 2).

Origin of cabbage palm

First recorded in 1765–75

Words nearby cabbage palm

cabbage butterfly, cabbagehead, cabbage lettuce, cabbage looper, cabbage moth, cabbage palm, cabbage palmetto, cabbage root fly, cabbage rose, cabbagetown, cabbage tree

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Example sentences from the Web for cabbage palm

Just outside the hummock was a cabbage-palm, which, as I have said, abounds in Florida.
In the Wilds of Florida|W.H.G. Kingston
Here was also seen the cabbage-palm twenty feet high, imparting a marked tropical aspect to this cool region.
Under the Southern Cross|Maturin M. Ballou
The cabbage-palm were in great plenty when I first landed on the island, but, by continual cutting, they were almost destroyed.
An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island|John Hunter
Before long they saw in the distance the beautiful plume-like foliage of a cabbage-palm outlined against the sky.
The Inca Emerald|Samuel Scoville

Several of my companions suffered by eating too much of the cabbage-palm.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia|Ludwig Leichhardt

British Dictionary definitions for cabbage palm

cabbage palm

cabbage tree

noun

a West Indian palm, Roystonea (or Oreodoxa) oleracea, whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage

a similar Brazilian palm, Euterpe oleracea

an Australian palm tree, Livistona australis

any of several plants of the genus Cordyline, grown as ornamentals: family Agavaceae

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	cabbage palm
释义	cabbage palm noun any of several palms, especially those of the genus Euterpe, having terminal leaf buds that are eaten as a vegetable or in salads. cabbage tree (def. 2). Origin of cabbage palm First recorded in 1765–75 Words nearby cabbage palm cabbage butterfly, cabbagehead, cabbage lettuce, cabbage looper, cabbage moth, cabbage palm, cabbage palmetto, cabbage root fly, cabbage rose, cabbagetown, cabbage tree Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cabbage palm Just outside the hummock was a cabbage-palm, which, as I have said, abounds in Florida. In the Wilds of Florida\|W.H.G. Kingston Here was also seen the cabbage-palm twenty feet high, imparting a marked tropical aspect to this cool region. Under the Southern Cross\|Maturin M. Ballou The cabbage-palm were in great plenty when I first landed on the island, but, by continual cutting, they were almost destroyed. An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island\|John Hunter Before long they saw in the distance the beautiful plume-like foliage of a cabbage-palm outlined against the sky. The Inca Emerald\|Samuel Scoville Several of my companions suffered by eating too much of the cabbage-palm. Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia\|Ludwig Leichhardt British Dictionary definitions for cabbage palm cabbage palm cabbage tree noun a West Indian palm, Roystonea (or Oreodoxa) oleracea, whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage a similar Brazilian palm, Euterpe oleracea an Australian palm tree, Livistona australis any of several plants of the genus Cordyline, grown as ornamentals: family Agavaceae Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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