cabbage palm

  
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These palmettos are called cabbage palms.

These palmettos are called cabbage palms.

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any of several palms, as the palmetto, with terminal buds used as a vegetable
also cabbage tree
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noun
  1. Any of several palms, such as the assai, with edible terminal buds.
  2. See cabbage palmetto.
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