cabbage tree
noun
1
: any of several palms having an edible terminal bud:
a
: an Australian palm of the genus Livistona (especially L. australis)
b
New Zealand
: ti sense 1
c
2
: any of certain trees resembling in some respect a cabbage palm: such as
a
b
: any of several African araliaceous trees (genus Cussonia) with soft spongy wood and sparse angular branches that terminate in tufted foliage or in a spikelike inflorescence
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