1. Low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds
   "The cabbage palm is the state tree of South Carolina";
   - cabbage palmetto, Sabal palmetto
    
2. West Indian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
   "Caribbean islanders traditionally harvested the cabbage palm's tender shoots";
   - Roystonea oleracea
    
3. Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
   "Early settlers relied on cabbage palm hearts for food";
   - cabbage tree, Livistona australis
    
4. Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young
   "The tender heart of the cabbage palm provides a nutritious vegetable";
   - Euterpe oleracea

Derived forms: cabbage palms

Type of: palm, palm tree, palmetto

Part of: Euterpe, genus Euterpe, genus Livistona, genus Roystonea, genus Sabal, Livistona, Roystonea, Sabal

Encyclopedia: Cabbage palm