cabbage tree

noun

1. 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

   Synonym:    grass treeCordyline australis

2. tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood

   Synonym:    cabbage barkcabbage-bark treeAndira inermis

3. Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young

   Synonym:    cabbage palmLivistona australis