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单词 cabbage palmetto
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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.

Origin of cabbage palmetto

An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805

Words nearby cabbage palmetto

cabbagehead, cabbage lettuce, cabbage looper, cabbage moth, cabbage palm, cabbage palmetto, cabbage root fly, cabbage rose, cabbagetown, cabbage tree, cabbage-tree hat
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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.

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  • The cypress, ash, and cabbage-palmetto grow on the banks above Pilatka.

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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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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