CABBAGE PALM Definition & Meaning

cabbage palm

noun

any of several palms, especially those of the genus Euterpe, having terminal leaf buds that are eaten as a vegetable or in salads.
cabbage tree.

cabbage palm

noun

a West Indian palm, Roystonea (or Oreodoxa ) oleracea, whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage
a similar Brazilian palm, Euterpe oleracea
an Australian palm tree, Livistona australis
any of several plants of the genus Cordyline , grown as ornamentals: family Agavaceae

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of cabbage palm¹

First recorded in 1765–75

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Since a time when the island was predominantly tangles of black mangrove, saw palmetto and cabbage palms, beachgoers have used Root Trail to reach the ocean.

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I grew up shooting on a milk crate nailed to a cabbage palm tree in South Florida.

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A short trail led through a cluster of cabbage palms towards the front door, where my father’s wife was waiting.

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Painted buntings and summer tanagers flash among cabbage palms.

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They record the tree’s GPS coordinates and add it to the list of cabbage palms with hand ferns.

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cabbage moth cabbage palmetto

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