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n. Any of several small, mostly tropical palms having fan-shaped leaves, especially one of the genus Sabal, such as S. palmetto of the southeast United States. Also called sabal.

n. Leaf strips of any of these plants, used in weaving.

n. Two closely related genera of New World palms, of the family Arecaceae; (a) Serenoa repens or the saw palmetto is the only species of its genus; it has certain medicinal uses; (b) Sabul, represented by about 15 species, some known commonly as palmettos, others as fan palms.

n. A native or resident of the American state of South Carolina (female: Palmetta).

adj. Of or pertaining to a palmetto palm.

adj. Of or pertaining the the US state of South Carolina, as the Palmetto State.

n. 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 Palmetto, or Sabal Palmetto, the cabbage tree of Florida and the Carolinas. See Cabbage tree, under cabbage.

n. Any one of several fan-leafed palms of different genera.

n. Same as silk-top palmetto.

n. any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leaves

"For those of you who don't know a palmetto is a tree (beautiful in my opinion) that most southereners think of as a weed."

silver-top palmetto    dwarf palmetto    saw-palmetto    small palmetto    palmetto flag    cabbage-palmetto    blue palmetto    royal palmetto    silk-top palmetto    humble palmetto   

palmettoes    cabbage   

aceto    amaretto    barreto    ghetto    libretto    stiletto   

juniper    rhododendron    mangrove    eucalyptus    coconut    mimosa    poplar    holly    cypress    myrtle