palmetto : Idioms & Phrases

• noun low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds
  cabbage palmetto; cabbage palm.
  

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• a species of palm tree (Sabal Palmetto) found along the coast from North Carolina to Florida.

Webster 1913

• noun a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies
  SC; South Carolina.
  

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• the West Indian Sabal umbraculifera, the trunk of which, when hollowed, is used for water pipes, etc. The leaves are used for thatching, and for making hats, ropes, etc.

Webster 1913

• noun low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds
  cabbage palmetto; cabbage palm.
  

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• noun small hardy clump-forming spiny palm of southern United States
  saw palmetto; Serenoa repens.
  

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• Sabal serrulata, a native of Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida. The nearly impassable jungle which it forms is called palmetto scrub.

Webster 1913

• noun small hardy clump-forming spiny palm of southern United States
  saw palmetto; Serenoa repens.
  

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• noun small stocky fan palm of southern Florida and Cuba
  Thrinax keyensis; Thrinax microcarpa; key palm; Thrinax morrisii; silver thatch.
  

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