PALMETTO Definition & Meaning

palmetto

[ pal-met-oh, pahl-, pah-met-oh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

plural palmettos, palmettoes.

any of various palms having fan-shaped leaves, as of the genera Sabal, Serenoa, and Thrinax.

palmetto

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any of several small chiefly tropical fan palms, esp any of the genus Sabal, of the southeastern US See also cabbage palmetto saw palmetto
any of various other fan palms such as palms of the genera Serenoa, Thrinax, and Chamaerops

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1555–65; earlier palmito < Spanish, diminutive of palma palm ²; -etto by association with -ette

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C16: from Spanish palmito a little palm ²

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“Our ownly food was palmettos boiled with the meat and without salt, and the cores of palm trees” — hearts of palm, a future foodie TikTok rage.

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Then he walked through the palmetto bushes, away from spectators, for more work.

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There’s not strong evidence for herbal remedies such as saw palmetto.

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Herbal supplements such as saw palmetto are not currently recommended, although some men say they work for them.

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Enormous palmetto bugs lived under her bed, scurrying into the open after she doused the lights.

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