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Cabbage palm

noun

Low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds. Synonyms: cabbage palmetto, Sabal palmetto.

West Indian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young. Synonym: Roystonea oleracea.

Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young. Synonyms: cabbage tree, Livistona australis.

Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young. Synonym: Euterpe oleracea.

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... hugging the coast, he discovered a group of islands to the south of the gulf, which he named the Wellesley Islands, after General Wellesley, afterwards Duke of Wellington. Here he found a wealth of vegetation; cabbage palm was abundant, nutmegs plentiful, and a sort of sandal-wood was growing freely. He spent one hundred and five days exploring the gulf; then he continued his voyage round the west coast and back to Port Jackson by the south. ...

— A Book of Discovery - The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest - Times to the Finding of the South Pole • Margaret Bertha (M. B.) Synge

Words linked to "Cabbage palm" : palm tree, Euterpe, Livistona australis, Roystonea, genus Livistona, genus Roystonea, genus Sabal, Livistona, Sabal, cabbage palmetto, palmetto, Euterpe oleracea, Sabal palmetto, palm, genus Euterpe