cabbage tree

1. (noun) elegant tree having either a single trunk or a branching trunk each with terminal clusters of long narrow leaves and large panicles of fragrant white, yellow or red flowers; New Zealand
Synonyms: Cordyline australis, grass tree
Related Words: tree

2. (noun) Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
Synonyms: Livistona australis, cabbage palm
Related Words: palm, palm tree

3. (noun) tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic
Synonyms: Andira inermis, cabbage bark, cabbage-bark tree
Related Words: andelmin, angelim



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