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cabbage tree

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: cabbage tree

1
 n
Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
2
 n
tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic
3
 n
elegant tree having either a single trunk or a branching trunk each with terminal clusters of long narrow leaves and large panicles of fragrant white, yellow or red flowers; New Zealand
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: cabbage tree
1

n Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young

Synonyms:
Livistona australis, cabbage palm
Type of:
palm, palm tree
any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves
2

n tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic

Synonyms:
Andira inermis, cabbage bark, cabbage-bark tree
Type of:
andelmin, angelim
any of several tropical American trees of the genus Andira
3

n elegant tree having either a single trunk or a branching trunk each with terminal clusters of long narrow leaves and large panicles of fragrant white, yellow or red flowers; New Zealand

Synonyms:
Cordyline australis, grass tree
Type of:
tree
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
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