cabbage palm

plural cabbage palms · alternative cabbage-palm

1. Any of several different types of palms and palm-like plants.
   1. AustraliaAny of several palms of the genera Corypha and Livistona of northeastern and central Australia.First known use 18th c.

      It isn't bad when we come back; we notice little similarities to our dreaming places. The cabbage palms, the fire pit, the family.

      2006, Tara June Winch, Swallow the Air, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 242

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      Their cabbage, which is known by the name of cabbage-palm, is susceptible of many modes of dressing, and may be ranked among the most delicious foods.

      1791, Charles Pierre Claret de Fleurieu, Discoveries of the French in 1768 and 1769, page 54

   2. AustraliaCorypha utan, an East Asian fan palm (including Northern Australia).First known use 18th c.
   3. AustraliaLivistona australis, an Australian palm.First known use 18th c.
   4. Cordyline fruticosa, a tropical tree native to Asia and Polynesia.
   5. Euterpe oleracea (acai palm), a Brazilian palm tree.
   6. Roystonea oleracea, a Caribbean palm.

      Synonyms: palmiste

   7. Sabal palmetto, native to the southeastern United States, Cuba and the Bahamas.