cabbage palm

Noun

cabbage palm (plural cabbage palms)

1. (Australia) Any of several palms of the genera Corypha and Livistona of northeastern and central Australia.
   • Their cabbage, which is known by the name of cabbage-palm, is susceptible of many modes of dressing, and may be ranked among the most delicious foods.1791, Charles Pierre Claret de Fleurieu, Discoveries of the French in 1768 and 1769, page 54
   • It isn't bad when we come back; we notice little similarities to our dreaming places. The cabbage palms, the fire pit, the family.2006, Tara June Winch, Swallow the Air, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 242
2. (Australia) Corypha utan, an East Asian fan palm (including Northern Australia).
3. (Australia) Livistona australis, an Australian palm.
4. Cordyline fruticosa, a tropical tree native to Asia and Polynesia.
5. Euterpe oleracea (acai palm), a Brazilian palm tree.
6. Roystonea oleracea, a Caribbean palm.

   Synonyms:

   palmiste

7. Sabal palmetto, native to the southeastern United States, Cuba and the Bahamas.