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cabbage palmetto
noun
- a fan palm, Sabal palmetto, of the southeastern U.S.: the state tree of Florida and South Carolina.
cabbage palmetto
noun
- a tropical American fan palm, Sabal palmetto, with edible leaf buds and leaves used in thatching
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Origin of cabbage palmetto1
An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805
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He crossed the corner of the demolished abode, made his way through a press of sere cabbage palmettos, and emerged suddenly on the blinding expanse of the sea.
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Their vegetables are chiefly sweet potatoes, large and much praised melons and pumpkins, and, if I may classify it with vegetables, the tender new growth of the tree called the cabbage palmetto.
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The cabbage palmetto affords shade, kindling, bed, and food.
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On two sides of me, beyond the orange-trees, is a thicket of small oaks and cabbage palmettos,—hammock, I suppose it is called.
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