cabbage palm

Noun

• Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young

• Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young

• West Indian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young

• low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Euterpe oleracea , cabbage tree , Livistona australis , Roystonea oleracea , cabbage palmetto , Sabal palmetto