cabbage tree
NounSynonyms:
cabbage palmLivistona australiscabbage barkcabbage-bark treeAndira inermisgrass treeCordyline australis
Open English WordNet
Noun (3)
- Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when youngSynonyms: cabbage palmLivistona australisType of palm, palm treeMember of Livistona, genus Livistona
- 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
- 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