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Noun: cabbage palm  ka-bij paam
  1. Low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds
    - cabbage palmetto, Sabal palmetto
     
  2. West Indian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
    - Roystonea oleracea
     
  3. Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
    - cabbage tree, Livistona australis
     
  4. Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young
    - 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