NOUN | plant | cabbage tree, cabbage palm, Livistona australis | Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young / young |
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plant | cabbage tree, cabbage bark, cabbage-bark tree, Andira inermis | tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood | |
plant | cabbage tree, grass tree, Cordyline australis | 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 |
Meaning | Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young / young. | |
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Synonyms | cabbage palm, Livistona australis | |
Member of | Livistona, genus Livistona | fan palms of Asia and Australia and Malaysia |
Broader | palm, palm tree | Any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves |
Catalan | livistona australis |
Meaning | Tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic. | |
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Synonyms | cabbage bark, cabbage-bark tree, Andira inermis | |
Member of | Andira, genus Andira | small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa |
Broader | angelim, andelmin | Any of several tropical American trees of the genus Andira |
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. | |
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Synonyms | grass tree, Cordyline australis | |
Member of | Cordyline, genus Cordyline | Asiatic and Pacific trees or shrubs |
Broader | tree | A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown |
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