cabbage-palm

The path which led up to the intrenchment, lay across fields of “phormium” and a grove of beautiful trees, the “kai-kateas” with persistent leaves and red berries; “dracaenas australis,” the “ti-trees” of the natives, whose crown is a graceful counterpart of the cabbage-palm, and

In Search of the Castaways 2003

Mr. Banks and Dr. Solander; and in the evening the gentlemen returned, with an account that what had been taken for cocoa-nut trees were a small kind of cabbage-palm, and that, excepting about fourteen or fifteen plants, nothing could be obtained which was worth bringing away.

Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003

I was rather surprised to find some cabbage-palm trees

Narrative of an expedition undertaken for the exploration of the country lying between Rockingham Bay and Cape York 2003

Mr. Banks and Dr. Solander; and in the evening the gentlemen returned, with an account that what had been taken for cocoa-nut trees were a small kind of cabbage-palm, and that, excepting about fourteen or fifteen plants, nothing could be obtained which was worth bringing away.

Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003

He had also, his food to obtain and to cook -- goat's flesh or cray-fish, which he boiled in his large sauce-pan; and to gather the tender tops of the cabbage-palm or other vegetables, for bread.

Famous Islands and Memorable Voyages Anonymous

It is uncrossable for horses, and the intervening parts are crowded with fine large weeping tea-trees, large Leichhardt-trees, tall cabbage-palm, pandanus, and other trees.

Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills William Landsborough

There were palms and wild figs in abundance, and with cabbage-palm hearts as a substitute their meat diet was abandoned.

The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series Elliott Whitney

So, with full water-casks, a renewed store of figs, cabbage-palm tops, and other vegetables, the safari pushed into the desert, going forward day and night.

The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series Elliott Whitney

One of them performed on a kind of stringed instrument, made out of the stem of a cabbage-palm, and about two feet, or two feet and a half, in length.

The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands Anonymous

Their plantations of cabbage-palm, bananas, and cocoa-trees stand out in welcome relief from the gloomy background of the forest.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913