CABBAGE PALM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cabbage palm mean? 

• CABBAGE PALM (noun)
  The noun CABBAGE PALM has 4 senses:

1. low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds

2. West Indian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young

3. Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young

4. Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young

  Familiarity information: CABBAGE PALM used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CABBAGE PALM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cabbage palm; cabbage palmetto; Sabal palmetto

Hypernyms ("cabbage palm" is a kind of...):

palmetto (any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leaves)

Holonyms ("cabbage palm" is a member of...):

genus Sabal; Sabal (American dwarf fan palms)

Sense 2

Meaning:

West Indian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cabbage palm; Roystonea oleracea

Hypernyms ("cabbage palm" is a kind of...):

palm; palm tree (any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves)

Holonyms ("cabbage palm" is a member of...):

genus Roystonea; Roystonea (a monocotyledonous genus of West Indian feather palms)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cabbage palm; cabbage tree; Livistona australis

Hypernyms ("cabbage palm" is a kind of...):

palm; palm tree (any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves)

Holonyms ("cabbage palm" is a member of...):

genus Livistona; Livistona (fan palms of Asia and Australia and Malaysia)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cabbage palm; Euterpe oleracea

Hypernyms ("cabbage palm" is a kind of...):

palm; palm tree (any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves)

Holonyms ("cabbage palm" is a member of...):

Euterpe; genus Euterpe (a monocotyledonous genus of graceful palm trees in tropical America)