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English noun: cabbage tree

1. cabbage tree (plant) Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young


Synonymscabbage palm, Livistona australis


Broader (hypernym)palm, palm tree


Member meronymgenus Livistona, Livistona

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


SynonymsAndira inermis, cabbage bark, cabbage-bark tree


Broader (hypernym)andelmin, angelim


Member meronymAndira, genus Andira

3. cabbage tree (plant) 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


SynonymsCordyline australis, grass tree


Broader (hypernym)tree


Member meronymCordyline, genus Cordyline









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