Cabbage Palm

Cabbage Palm

Cabbage Palm is a common name for several species of palms or palm-like plants:

*"Sabal palmetto", native to the south-eastern USA, Cuba and the Bahamas
*"Cordyline australis", native to New Zealand
*"Roystonea oleracea", a Caribbean palm
*"Euterpe oleracea", a Brazilian palm tree
*"Livistona australis", an Australian palm


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  • Cabbage palm — Cabbage Cab bage (k[a^]b b[asl]j), n. [OE. cabage, fr. F. cabus headed (of cabbages), chou cabus headed cabbage, cabbage head; cf. It. capuccio a little head, cappuccio cowl, hood, cabbage, fr. capo head, L. caput, or fr. It. cappa cape. See… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cabbage palm — n. any of several palms, as the palmetto, with terminal buds used as a vegetable: also cabbage tree …   English World dictionary

  • cabbage-palm — next: see cabbage n.1 5 …   Useful english dictionary

  • cabbage palm — grakščioji laibapalmė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Arekinių šeimos dekoratyvinis augalas (Ptychosperma elegans), paplitęs Australijoje. atitikmenys: lot. Alexander palm; cabbage palm; Ptychosperma elegans; solitaire palm šaltinis… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • cabbage palm — aliejinė kopūstpalmė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Arekinių aliejinis, dekoratyvinis, maistinis, vaistinis augalas (Euterpe oleracea), vedantis valgomus vaisius. Paplitęs Pietų Amerikoje. Naudojamas kaip daržovė. atitikmenys: lot. Euterpe …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • cabbage palm — noun 1. low growing fan leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds • Syn: ↑cabbage palmetto, ↑Sabal palmetto • Hypernyms: ↑palmetto • Member Holonyms: ↑Sabal, ↑genus Sabal …   Useful english dictionary

  • cabbage palm — noun 1》 a Caribbean palm with edible buds that resemble a cabbage. [Roystonea oleraceae.] 2》 an evergreen plant of warm regions, resembling a cabbage and cultivated as a greenhouse or house plant. [Genus Cordyline.] …   English new terms dictionary

  • cabbage palm — /ˈkæbɪdʒ pam/ (say kabij pahm) noun any of several palm trees with large terminal leaf buds which are eaten like cabbage, as Roystonea oleracea of the West Indies. Also, cabbage tree …  

  • cabbage palm — 1. any of several palms, esp. those of the genus Euterpe, having terminal leaf buds that are eaten as a vegetable or in salads. 2. See cabbage tree (def. 2). [1765 75] * * * …   Universalium

  • cabbage palm — noun Date: circa 1784 a palm with terminal buds eaten as a vegetable …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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