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Cabbage-tree, n (1)Name given to various palmtrees of which the heart of the young leaves is eaten like thehead of a cabbage. The willy willy is the namegiven to these periodical storms by the natives in thenorth-west. Carleton, `Australian Nights,' p. slang for a bullockdriver.

);(b) Alphitonia excelsa, Reiss. Lumholtz, in his `Amongst Cannibals' (p. 258: When footpaths about Christchurch were fringed with tutubushes, little boys were foolish enough to pluck the beautifulberries and eat them. Log-hut, n.