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Definition of Cabbage palm
1. Noun. Low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds.
Generic synonyms: Palmetto
Group relationships: Genus Sabal, Sabal
2. Noun. West Indian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young.
Generic synonyms: Palm, Palm Tree
Group relationships: Genus Roystonea, Roystonea
3. Noun. Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young.
Generic synonyms: Palm, Palm Tree
Group relationships: Genus Livistona, Livistona
4. Noun. Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young.
Generic synonyms: Palm, Palm Tree
Group relationships: Euterpe, Genus Euterpe
Definition of Cabbage palm
1. Noun. A common name for several different types of palms and palm-like plants. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cabbage Palm
Literary usage of Cabbage palm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Territory of Florida, Or, Sketches of the Topography, Civil and Natural by John Lee Williams (1837)
"The mangrove and the cabbage-palm resist their attack. BIRDS. There are many
birds in Florida, distinguished for the brilliancy of their plumage ; and some ..."
2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"30: Cabbage - Palm, ;/. same as Cabbage-tree (i) (qv). Cabbage-tree,n. ...
160, 161 : "The cabbage-palm was also a new species, called by Mr. Drown the ..."
3. A Naturalist in the Guianas by Eugène André (1904)
"... Manufacture of sugar—Method of packing—Molasses and stills—Trade- cabbage palm
and grub- -Faculties of ..."
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