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heart of palm

heart of palm noun: a vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees, especially the peach palm (Bactris gasipaes), which is often grown for the purpose.

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Noun

heart of palm (plural hearts of palm)

  1. A vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees, especially the peach palm (Bactris gasipaes), which is often grown for the purpose.

heart of palm meaning in Tagalog, Arabic, Malay and Indonesian

heart of palm in Tagalog

a vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees
ubod

heart of palm in Arabic

a vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees
جُمَّار jummār, قَُِلْب qalb, qilb, qulb

heart of palm in Malay

a vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees
umbut

heart of palm in Indonesian

a vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees
umbut
More languagesFewer languages
heart of palm in Vietnamese
củ hủ dừa

Forms of heart of palm

pluralhearts of palm

Questions about heart of palm

What does heart of palm mean?
Heart of palm means a vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees, especially the peach palm (Bactris gasipaes), which is often grown for the purpose.
What is heart of palm in Tagalog?
Heart of palm in Tagalog is ubod. See Heart of palm meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is heart of palm?
Heart of palm is a noun.
What is the plural of heart of palm?
The plural of heart of palm is hearts of palm.

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