Meaning of cabbage tree in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Definitions

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  1. Noun

    cabbage tree

    Definitions

    1. Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
  2. 2. tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood

    Examples

    • « bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic »
  3. 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

    Examples

    • « New Zealand »

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