cabbage palm

noun

: a palm with terminal buds eaten as a vegetable

Examples of cabbage palm in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
By 9:30 the buggies are out of the wet swamp and heading east toward drier land, bouncing over an open expanse of cypress, cabbage palm, and palmetto bushes. Peter Radetsky, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019 Take a shady walk among Southern magnolias and cabbage palm trees, traversing boardwalks along the trails of the 700-acre Black Hammock Wilderness Area in Seminole County. Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 21 May 2021 The rates of mortality among cabbage palms and red cedars was soaring; new vegetation, better suited to salt, was springing up in their place. Matthew Shaer, New Republic, 5 Oct. 2017 The rates of mortality among cabbage palms and red cedars was soaring Matthew Shaer, New Republic, 5 Oct. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1770, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cabbage palm was in 1770

Dictionary Entries Near cabbage palm

Cite this Entry

“Cabbage palm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cabbage%20palm. Accessed 6 Dec. 2024.

Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!