palmetto
palmetto noun: any of various fan palms of the family Arecaceae, especially Sabal palmetto or the saw palmetto, Serenoa repens.
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Noun
palmetto (plural palmettos or palmettoes)
- 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.a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Summer”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC
- [O]n the flat coastal swamps of South Florida, where the palmettos once blew over the detritus of a dozen failed booms and the hotels were boarded up six months a year, there has evolved […] a settlement of considerable interest […].1987, Joan Didion, Miami, Granta, published 2005, page 13
- A hat made of palmetto leaves.
- A native or resident of the US state of South Carolina.
Proper noun capitalized: Palmetto
Palmetto
- An unincorporated community in Pickens County, Alabama.
- A former community in Plumas County, California.
- A city and historic district in Manatee County, Florida.
- A city mostly in Fulton County, Georgia.
- An unincorporated community in Oglethorpe County, Georgia.
- A village in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
- An unincorporated community in Greene County, Missouri.
- A ghost town in Esmeralda County, Nevada.
Forms of palmetto
| plural | palmettos |
|---|---|
| plural | palmettoes |
Origin of palmetto
From Spanish palmito, diminutive of palma (“palm tree”), from Latin palma. Doublet of palmite and palmito.
Words formed from palmetto
- Bermuda palmetto
- Birmingham palmetto
- bush palmetto
- cabbage palmetto
- dwarf palmetto
- Hispaniola palmetto
- Mexican palmetto
- Palmetto Bay
- palmetto bug
- palmetto skipper
- Palmetto State
- Rio Grande palmetto
- royal palmetto
- saw palmetto
- scrub palmetto
- Sonoran palmetto
- Texas palmetto
- Yucatán palmetto
Phrases with palmetto
Words that rhyme with palmetto
Questions about palmetto
- What does palmetto mean?
- Palmetto means any of various fan palms of the family Arecaceae, especially Sabal palmetto or the saw palmetto, Serenoa repens.
- What part of speech is palmetto?
- Palmetto can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of palmetto?
- The plural of palmetto is palmettos.
Words near palmetto in the dictionary
Source and license
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