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cabbage palms

cabbage palms is the plural of cabbage palm.

Meaning of 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
  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

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Questions about cabbage palms

What is cabbage palms the plural of?
Cabbage palms is the plural of cabbage palm.

Words near cabbage palms in the dictionary

  1. Cabbage Nights
  2. cabbage on a stick
  3. cabbage palm
  4. cabbage palmetto
  5. cabbage palmettos
  6. cabbage palms
  7. cabbage patch
  8. cabbage patches
  9. cabbage roll
  10. cabbage rolls
  11. cabbage root flies

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