Definition of Palmettos

1. Noun. (plural of palmetto) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Palmettos

1. palmetto [n] - See also: palmetto

Lexicographical Neighbors of Palmettos

palmcorders
palmcrist
palmcrists
palmed
palmellin
palmer
palmers
palmerworm
palmerworms
palmette
palmettes
palmetto
palmetto bug
palmetto bugs
palmettoes
palmettos (current term)
palmful
palmfuls
palmic
palmic acid
palmidactyles
palmie
palmier
palmierite
palmiers
palmies
palmiest
palmiet
palmiets
palmiferous

Literary usage of Palmettos

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Second Visit to the United States of North America by Charles Lyell (1849)
"Cabbage Palms, or Tree palmettos. — Deceptive Appearance of Submarine Forest. — Alligators swallowing Flints. — Their Tenacity of Life when decapitated. ..."

2. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"... AND THE palmettos FAMILY PALM^ THE Palm family is a large group of tropical flowering plants, related to lilies on one side and grasses on the other. ..."

3. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1901)
"Miss Fairfax of Virginia: a romance of love and adventure under the palmettos. (Eagle lib., no. 161.) D. 28!)p. pa. 10с. '00. Street. ..."

4. Florida Trails as Seen from Jacksonville to Key West and from November to by Winthrop Packard (1910)
"CHAPTER XIV palmettos OF THE ST. LUCIE The cattle men, whose wealth is in range cattle, roaming at will, take advantage of the dry weather of winter to set ..."

5. A Historical and Descriptive Narrative of Twenty Years' Residence in South by William Bennet Stevenson (1829)
"Method of catching Fish in the River Of Cooking it Yncas, Camotes, Yams palmettos Tobacco Cocoa New variety of. ..."

6. A Second Visit to North America by Charles Lyell (1855)
"Cabbage Palms, or Tree palmettos. — Deceptive Appearance of Submarine Forest. — Alligators swallowing Flints.— Their Tenacity of Life when decapitated. ..."

7. A Second Visit to North America by Charles Lyell (1855)
"Cabbage Palms, or Tree palmettos. — Deceptive Appearance of Submarine Forest. — Alligators swallowing Flints. — Their Tenacity of Life when decapitated. ..."

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