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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:

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...):

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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