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PALMETTOES
PALMETTO
palmetto
(noun) any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leaves
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
palmettoes
plural of palmetto
Source: Wiktionary
PALMETTO
Pal*met"to, n. Etym: [Dim. of palm the tree: cf. Sp. palmito.] (Bot.)
Definition: 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 Chamærops, or Sabal, Palmetto, the cabbage tree of Florida and the Carolinas. See Cabbage tree, under Cabbage.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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