Meaning of cabbage tree | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Cordyline australis, a hardy, widely branched monocot tree endemic to New Zealand, a traditional source of food and fiber.
2. A locality in the Shire of Hepburn, central western Victoria, Australia.
3. Any of several other similar trees of the genus Cordyline.
4. The worm bark tree, Andira inermis.

Examples

“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.”

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