cabbage palm

noun

1. any of several palms, especially those of the genus Euterpe, having terminal leaf buds that are eaten as a vegetable or in salads.
2. cabbage tree(def 2).

noun

1. a West Indian palm, Roystonea (or Oreodoxa) oleracea, whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage
2. a similar Brazilian palm, Euterpe oleracea
3. an Australian palm tree, Livistona australis
4. any of several plants of the genus Cordyline, grown as ornamentals: family Agavaceae