cabbage tree meaning and definition

CABBAGE TREE noun

Definition of cabbage tree (noun)

1. Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
   • synonyms: cabbage palm, Livistona australis
2. tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic
   • synonyms: Andira inermis, cabbage bark, cabbage-bark tree
3. 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
   • synonyms: Cordyline australis, grass tree