heart of palm

noun

A vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees, especially the peach palm (Bactris gasipaes), which is often grown for the purpose.

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Meanings

nounheart of palm (plural hearts of palm)

plural hearts of palm

  1. A vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees, especially the peach palm (Bactris gasipaes), which is often grown for the purpose.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
palmito

Translations

Arabic جُمَّار, قَُِلْب
  • جُمَّار (jummār)a vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees
  • قَُِلْب (qalb, qilb, qulb)a vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees
Catalan cor de palmera
  • cor de palmeraa vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees
Chinese Mandarin 棕櫚芯 /棕榈芯
  • 棕櫚芯 /棕榈芯 (zōnglǘ xīn)a vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees
Finnish palmunydin
  • palmunydina vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees
French palmite
  • palmitea vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees
German Palmherz
  • Palmherza vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees
Hebrew לב דקל
  • לב דקל (lev dékel)a vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees
Indonesian umbut
  • umbuta vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees
Irish cabáiste pailme
  • cabáiste pailmea vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees
Italian palmito
  • palmitoa vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees
Japanese ハート・オブ・パーム, パルミット
  • ハート・オブ・パーム (hāto obu pāmu)a vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees
  • パルミット (parumitto)a vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees
Korean 야자심
  • 야자심 (yajasim)a vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees
Malay umbut
  • umbuta vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees
Portuguese palmito
  • palmitoa vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees
Russian сердцеви́на па́льмы
  • сердцеви́на па́льмы (serdcevína pálʹmy)a vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees
Spanish palmito
  • palmitoa vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees
Swedish palmhjärta
  • palmhjärtaa vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees
Tagalog ubod
  • uboda vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees
Vietnamese củ hủ dừa
  • củ hủ dừaa vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees
Cite this entry
APA

heart of palm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heart%20of%20palm

MLA

“heart of palm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heart%20of%20palm. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heart of palm,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heart%20of%20palm.

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