cabbage tree

Noun

Open English WordNet

Noun (3)

  1. Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when youngSynonyms: cabbage palmLivistona australisType of palm, palm treeMember of Livistona, genus Livistona
  2. tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcoticSynonyms: cabbage barkcabbage-bark treeAndira inermisType of angelim, andelminMember of Andira, genus Andira
  3. elegant tree having either a single trunk or a branching trunk each with terminal clusters of long narrow leaves and large panicles of fragrant white, yellow or red flowers; New ZealandSynonyms: grass treeCordyline australisType of treeMember of Cordyline, genus Cordyline
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Cabbage tree, Cabbage palm

a name given to palms having a terminal bud called a cabbage, as the Sabal Palmetto of the United States, and the Euterpe oleracea and Oreodoxa oleracea of the West Indies.

From the entry Cabbage.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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