cabbage palmetto

noun

1. a fan palm, Sabal palmetto, of the southeastern U.S.: the state tree of Florida and South Carolina.

cabbage palmetto

noun

1. a tropical American fan palm, Sabal palmetto, with edible leaf buds and leaves used in thatching

Word History and Origins

Origin of cabbage palmetto¹

An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805

Example Sentences

Here the cabbage-palmetto and hard-wood trees rear their tops high in the air—a characteristic of the rich hummock soil.

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It is said the trunks are not as strong as those of the cabbage palmetto in Florida.

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The cypress, ash, and cabbage-palmetto grow on the banks above Pilatka.

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Frequently found under signs on trees near borders of towns; under bases of dead petioles of cabbage palmetto (Hebard, 1917).

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