cabbage palm

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A palm (Sabal palmetto) native to the southeast United States, Cuba, and the Bahamas, having a tall single trunk, fanlike leaves, and an edible terminal bud.
• noun Any of several other palms, such as the açaí palm, with an edible terminal bud.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun Same as cabbage-tree

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• noun A common name for several different types of palms and palm-like plants.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds
• noun Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young
• noun Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
• noun West Indian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young