Cabbage Palm

Cabbage Palm
CABBAGE PALM (Australian)
The leaves of this plant, Livistonia Australis, are used by the natives for the plaiting of hats, belts, etc. Another species, L. Chinensis, gives a fibre used for making ropes.

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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 — 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 ,… …   Wikipedia

  • 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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