Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cabbage tree

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.53 in modern English

Syllables: cab-bage tree
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Cordyline australis, a hardy, widely branched monocot tree endemic to New Zealand, a traditional source of food and fiber.

noun

Any of several other similar trees of the genus Cordyline.

noun

The worm bark tree, Andira inermis.

name

A locality in the Shire of Hepburn, central western Victoria, Australia.

Example Sentences

"Andira inermis. - Smooth bastard cabbage-tree. […] The Smooth Geoffroys, Andira Inermis, or Bastard Cabbage-tree, universally known in the West Indies by the name of the Work Bark-tree, […] The bark of the cabbage tree has a disagreeable, sweet, mucilaginous taste, and a slight but disagreeable odour."

Inflected Forms

cabbage trees (plural)

Synonyms

cabbage palm grass tree cordyline australis cabbage bark cabbage-bark tree andira inermis livistona australis

Questions

What does cabbage tree mean?: Cordyline australis, a hardy, widely branched monocot tree endemic to New Zealand, a traditional source of food and fiber.

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