What is "cabbage palm"

Cabbage \Cab"bage\ (k[a^]b"b[asl]j), n. [OE. cabage, fr. F. cabus headed (of cabbages), chou cabus headed cabbage, cabbage head; cf. It. capuccio a little head, cappuccio cowl, hood, cabbage, fr. capo head, L. caput, or fr. It. cappa cape. See Chief, Cape.] (Bot.)

1. An esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the wild Brassica oleracea of Europe. The common cabbage has a compact head of leaves. The cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, etc., are sometimes classed as cabbages.

2. The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like, cabbage, for food. See Cabbage tree, below.

3. The cabbage palmetto. See below. Cabbage aphis (Zo["o]l.), a green plant-louse ( Aphis brassic[ae]) which lives upon the leaves of the cabbage. Cabbage beetle (Zo["o]l.), a small, striped flea-beetle ( Phyllotreta vittata) which lives, in the larval state, on the roots, and when adult, on the leaves, of cabbage and other cruciferous plants. Cabbage fly (Zo["o]l.), a small two-winged fly ( Anthomyia brassic[ae]), which feeds, in the larval or maggot state, on the roots of the cabbage, often doing much damage to the crop. Cabbage head, the compact head formed by the leaves of a cabbage; -- contemptuously or humorously, and colloquially, a very stupid and silly person; a numskull. Cabbage palmetto, a species of palm tree ( Sabal Palmetto) found along the coast from North Carolina to Florida. Cabbage rose (Bot.), a species of rose ( Rosa centifolia) having large and heavy blossoms. Cabbage tree, Cabbage palm, a name given to palms having a terminal bud called a cabbage, as the Sabal Palmetto of the United States, and the Euterpe oleracea and Oreodoxa oleracea of the West Indies. Sea cabbage.(Bot.)

   1. Sea kale

   2. . The original Plant ( Brassica oleracea), from which the cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, etc., have been derived by cultivation.

      Thousand-headed cabbage. See Brussels sprouts.

alt. Any of several different types of palms and palm-like plants. n. Any of several different types of palms and palm-like plants.

1. n: low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds [syn: cabbage palmetto, Sabal palmetto]

2. West Indian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young [syn: Roystonea oleracea]

3. Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young [syn: cabbage tree, Livistona australis]

4. Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young [syn: Euterpe oleracea]

Cabbage palm is a common name for several species of palms or palm-like plants:

• Cordyline fruticosa, a tropical tree native to Asia and Polynesia
• Corypha utan, an East Asian fan palm (including Northern Australia)
• Euterpe oleracea, a Brazilian palm tree
• Livistona australis, an Australian palm
• Roystonea oleracea, a Caribbean palm
• Sabal palmetto, native to the south-eastern USA, Cuba and the Bahamas