noun
1. low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds
• Syn: ↑cabbage palmetto, ↑Sabal palmetto
• Hypernyms: ↑palmetto
• Member Holonyms: ↑Sabal, ↑genus Sabal
2. West Indian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
• Syn: ↑Roystonea oleracea
• Member Holonyms: ↑Roystonea, ↑genus Roystonea
3. Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
• Syn: ↑cabbage tree, ↑Livistona australis
• Member Holonyms: ↑Livistona, ↑genus Livistona
4. Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young
• Syn: ↑Euterpe oleracea
• Member Holonyms: ↑Euterpe, ↑genus Euterpe
Useful english dictionary. 2012.