Meaning of "cabbage tree" : Online English Dictionary : Word Search by Wordhut.com

Meaning of cabbage tree

1. (n) 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

2. (n) tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic

3. (n) Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young

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