Meaning of cabbage tree

cab'bage tree"

Pronunciation: [key]

any tropical tree or treelike plant having leaves or edible shoots suggestive of cabbage.
an Australian palm tree of the genus Livistona, esp. L. australis.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

See also:

cabbage tree (Thesaurus)

cabbagetown cabbage-tree hat

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