cabbage tree
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Cordyline australis, a hardy, widely branched monocot tree endemic to New Zealand, a…Cordyline australis, a hardy, widely branched monocot tree endemic to New Zealand, a traditional source of food and fiber.
Meaning
3 sensesCordyline australis, a hardy, widely branched monocot tree endemic to New Zealand, a traditional source of food and fiber.
Any of several other similar trees of the genus Cordyline.
The worm bark tree, Andira inermis.
More definitions
- 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
- Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
- tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic
Forms
plural: cabbage trees| Singular | cabbage tree |
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Synonyms
7 synonymsClose in meaning
- 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:grass treeCordyline australis
- Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young:cabbage palmLivistona australis
- tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic:cabbage barkcabbage-bark treeAndira inermis