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CABBAGE PALM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young
Synonyms:
cabbage palm; Euterpe oleracea
Classified under:
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
Synonyms:
cabbage palm; cabbage tree; Livistona australis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
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 3
Meaning:
West Indian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
Synonyms:
cabbage palm; Roystonea oleracea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
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 4
Meaning:
Low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds
Synonyms:
cabbage palm; cabbage palmetto; Sabal palmetto
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
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)
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