cabbage palmetto
noun
a fan palm, Sabal palmetto, of the southeastern U.S.: the state tree of Florida and South Carolina.
Origin of cabbage palmetto
An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805
Words nearby cabbage palmetto
cabbage butterfly,
cabbage lettuce,
cabbage looper,
cabbage moth,
cabbage palm,
cabbage palmetto,
cabbage root fly,
cabbage rose,
cabbage tree,
cabbage white,
cabbage-tree hat
Example sentences from the Web for cabbage palmetto
Here the cabbage-palmetto and hard-wood trees rear their tops high in the air—a characteristic of the rich hummock soil.
Petals Plucked from Sunny Climes |Sylvia SunshineThe cypress, ash, and cabbage-palmetto grow on the banks above Pilatka.
Petals Plucked from Sunny Climes |Sylvia Sunshine
British Dictionary definitions for cabbage palmetto
cabbage palmetto
noun
a tropical American fan palm, Sabal palmetto, with edible leaf buds and leaves used in thatching