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Sabal
(gcide) | Sabal \Sa"bal\, n. (Bot.)
A genus of palm trees including the palmetto of the Southern
United States.
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sabal
(wn) | Sabal
n 1: American dwarf fan palms [syn: Sabal, genus Sabal] |
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Sabal Palmetto
(gcide) | Palmetto \Pal*met"to\, n. [Dim. of palm the tree: cf. Sp.
palmito.] (Bot.)
A name given to palms of several genera and species growing
in the West Indies and the Southern United States. In the
United States, the name is applied especially to the
Cham[ae]rops Palmetto, or Sabal Palmetto, the cabbage
tree of Florida and the Carolinas. See Cabbage tree, under
Cabbage.
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Royal palmetto, the West Indian Sabal umbraculifera, the
trunk of which, when hollowed, is used for water pipes,
etc. The leaves are used for thatching, and for making
hats, ropes, etc.
Saw palmetto, Sabal serrulata, a native of Georgia, South
Carolina, and Florida. The nearly impassable jungle which
it forms is called palmetto scrub.
[1913 Webster]Cabbage \Cab"bage\ (k[a^]b"b[asl]j), n. [OE. cabage, fr. F.
cabus headed (of cabbages), chou cabus headed cabbage,
cabbage head; cf. It. capuccio a little head, cappuccio cowl,
hood, cabbage, fr. capo head, L. caput, or fr. It. cappa
cape. See Chief, Cape.] (Bot.)
1. An esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the
wild Brassica oleracea of Europe. The common cabbage has
a compact head of leaves. The cauliflower, Brussels
sprouts, etc., are sometimes classed as cabbages.
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2. The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like,
cabbage, for food. See Cabbage tree, below.
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3. The cabbage palmetto. See below.
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Cabbage aphis (Zool.), a green plant-louse ({Aphis
brassic[ae]}) which lives upon the leaves of the cabbage.
Cabbage beetle (Zool.), a small, striped flea-beetle
(Phyllotreta vittata) which lives, in the larval state,
on the roots, and when adult, on the leaves, of cabbage
and other cruciferous plants.
Cabbage fly (Zool.), a small two-winged fly ({Anthomyia
brassic[ae]}), which feeds, in the larval or maggot state,
on the roots of the cabbage, often doing much damage to
the crop.
Cabbage head, the compact head formed by the leaves of a
cabbage; -- contemptuously or humorously, and
colloquially, a very stupid and silly person; a numskull.
Cabbage palmetto, a species of palm tree (Sabal Palmetto)
found along the coast from North Carolina to Florida.
Cabbage rose (Bot.), a species of rose (Rosa centifolia)
having large and heavy blossoms.
Cabbage tree, Cabbage palm, a name given to palms having
a terminal bud called a cabbage, as the Sabal Palmetto
of the United States, and the Euterpe oleracea and
Oreodoxa oleracea of the West Indies.
Sea cabbage.(Bot.)
(a) Sea kale
(b) . The original Plant (Brassica oleracea), from which
the cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, etc., have been
derived by cultivation.
Thousand-headed cabbage. See Brussels sprouts.
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Sabal serrulata
(gcide) | Palmetto \Pal*met"to\, n. [Dim. of palm the tree: cf. Sp.
palmito.] (Bot.)
A name given to palms of several genera and species growing
in the West Indies and the Southern United States. In the
United States, the name is applied especially to the
Cham[ae]rops Palmetto, or Sabal Palmetto, the cabbage
tree of Florida and the Carolinas. See Cabbage tree, under
Cabbage.
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Royal palmetto, the West Indian Sabal umbraculifera, the
trunk of which, when hollowed, is used for water pipes,
etc. The leaves are used for thatching, and for making
hats, ropes, etc.
Saw palmetto, Sabal serrulata, a native of Georgia, South
Carolina, and Florida. The nearly impassable jungle which
it forms is called palmetto scrub.
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Sabal umbraculifera
(gcide) | Palmetto \Pal*met"to\, n. [Dim. of palm the tree: cf. Sp.
palmito.] (Bot.)
A name given to palms of several genera and species growing
in the West Indies and the Southern United States. In the
United States, the name is applied especially to the
Cham[ae]rops Palmetto, or Sabal Palmetto, the cabbage
tree of Florida and the Carolinas. See Cabbage tree, under
Cabbage.
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Royal palmetto, the West Indian Sabal umbraculifera, the
trunk of which, when hollowed, is used for water pipes,
etc. The leaves are used for thatching, and for making
hats, ropes, etc.
Saw palmetto, Sabal serrulata, a native of Georgia, South
Carolina, and Florida. The nearly impassable jungle which
it forms is called palmetto scrub.
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sabalo
(gcide) | Tarpum \Tar"pum\, n. (Zool.)
A very large marine fish (Megapolis Atlanticus) of the
Southern United States and the West Indies. It often becomes
six or more feet in length, and has large silvery scales. The
scales are a staple article of trade, and are used in
fancywork. Called also tarpon, sabalo, savanilla,
silverfish, and jewfish.
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genus sabal
(wn) | genus Sabal
n 1: American dwarf fan palms [syn: Sabal, genus Sabal] |
sabal
(wn) | Sabal
n 1: American dwarf fan palms [syn: Sabal, genus Sabal] |
sabal palmetto
(wn) | Sabal palmetto
n 1: low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United
States having edible leaf buds [syn: cabbage palmetto,
cabbage palm, Sabal palmetto] |
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