cabbage palm

noun

: a palm with terminal buds eaten as a vegetable

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They are found in a wide variety of habitats but prefer oak-cabbage palm hammocks, freshwater marshes and sloughs, pine flatwoods, and more open agricultural areas. Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025 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

Word History

First Known Use

1770, in the meaning defined above

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

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“Cabbage palm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cabbage%20palm. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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