cabbage tree

noun

any tropical tree or treelike plant having leaves or edible shoots suggestive of cabbage.
an Australian palm tree of the genus Livistona, especially L. australis.

cabbage tree

Also calledti a tree, Cordyline australis, of New Zealand having a tall branchless trunk and a palmlike top
any of several other similar trees of the genus Cordyline

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First recorded in 1715–25

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This island is well covered with wood, the chief of which is the large and dwarf mangrove, the bamboo, and the cabbage tree.

There were no trees fit for masts, but there was much fine timber, among which was the cabbage-tree.

He measured a cabbage-tree 120 feet in length, and some were longer.

One I made six shillings of, but the cabbage-tree hat is worth a pound.

A 'cabbage-tree' is an immense sun-protecting hat, rather like the top of a cabbage-tree in shape.

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