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Definition of Palmetto
1. Noun. Any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leaves.
Definition of Palmetto
1. 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, or Sabal, Palmetto, the cabbage tree of Florida and the Carolinas. See Cabbage tree, under Cabbage.
Definition of Palmetto
1. Noun. (botany) 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. ¹
2. Noun. A native or resident of the American state of South Carolina (female: '''Palmetta'''). ¹
3. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a palmetto palm. ¹
4. Adjective. Of or pertaining the the US state of South Carolina, as the Palmetto State. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Palmetto
1. a tropical tree [n -TOS or -TOES]
Medical Definition of Palmetto
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Palmetto
Literary usage of Palmetto
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"The Cabbage palmetto (Sabal palmetto) grows in groups of a few (specimens to
several hundreds ... The Cabbage palmetto thrives even in the poor sandy soil, ..."
2. Life and Correspondence of John A. Quitman, Major-general, U.S.A., and by John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne (1860)
"Notwithstanding the glorious recollections which crowd on my memory when standing
among the remnant of the palmetto Regiment, I can not at once divest ..."
3. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1880)
"palmetto.—The palmetto is only represented in the Museum by samples of its fan-like
leaves and simple stalks, which are very ..."
4. Manual of therapeutics by Parke, Davis & Company, Davis & Company Parke (1909)
"Soluble Elastic Capsule Kaiv palmetto and Santal (No. 91). ... Sabal (Saw palmetto
berries), 4 grs. Saw palmetto and Santal Compound (No. 124). ..."
5. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"The largest species is the tall palmetto or cabbage palmetto, tabal palmetto;
the meaning of the generic name does not seem to be understood. ..."
6. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1917)
"The prospective value of the Texas palmetto for ornamental planting in streets,
... The single remaining grove of the Texas palmetto, preserved in its ..."
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