cabbage palmetto

cabbage palmetto

n (Plants) a tropical American fan palm, Sabal palmetto, with edible leaf buds and leaves used in thatching

cab′bage palmet`to

n. a fan palm, Sabal palmetto, of the southeastern U.S. [1795–1805, Amer.]

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cabbage palmetto - low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf budscabbage palm, Sabal palmettopalmetto - any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leavesgenus Sabal, Sabal - American dwarf fan palms