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Palmetto

noun

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leaves wordnet
  3. 3
    A hat made of palmetto leaves.
  4. 4
    A native or resident of the US state of South Carolina.

Etymology

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

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