What does "palmetto" mean?

Any of various fan palms of the family Arecaceae, especially Sabal palmetto or the saw palmetto, Serenoa repens.

Palmetto

Common synonyms include: american cockroach, cabbage palm, cabbage palmetto, decorative, fan-shaped, frond.

noun

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Noun

1
Any of various fan palms of the family Arecaceae, especially Sabal palmetto or the saw palmetto, Serenoa repens.
"Broad o'er my Head the verdant Cedar wave, / And high Palmetos lift their graceful Shade."
2
any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leaves wordnet
3
A hat made of palmetto leaves.
4
A native or resident of the US state of South Carolina.

"Broad o'er my Head the verdant Cedar wave, / And high Palmetos lift their graceful Shade."

From Spanish palmito, diminutive of palma (“palm tree”), from Latin palma. Doublet of palmite and palmito.