palm cabbage

noun

1. cabbage palm.
2. the edible bud of a cabbage palm.

Word History and Origins

Origin of palm cabbage¹

First recorded in 1695–1705

Example Sentences

The boats soon procured a load of scurvy-grass and young cocoa-nut trees, which was a feast for the cattle; and the same feast, with the addition of palm cabbage, and the tender branches of the wharra tree, was continued for several days.

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As in other palms, the young bud cut out of the top of the tree forms an esculent vegetable, “palm cabbage.”

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After our meal, which consisted of turtle and some palm cabbage, which in flavor resembles an artichoke, I set the example of commencing work.

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Wearied with so many days' march in the midst of woods, incommodious even for those accustomed to them, their feet torn by thorns and brambles, their provisions exhausted, and dying with thirst, they were fain to subsist on a few seeds, wild fruit, and the palm cabbage.

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Even if their father had happened to cut down a tall palm the day before, in order to take what white people call the "palm cabbage" out of it's very top, I'm afraid he would not share this dainty with the children.

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