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palmetto

pal·met·to
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pal-met-oh, pahl-, pah-met-oh]
    • /pælˈmɛt oʊ, pɑl-, pɑˈmɛt oʊ/
    • /pælˈmetəʊ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pal-met-oh, pahl-, pah-met-oh]
    • /pælˈmɛt oʊ, pɑl-, pɑˈmɛt oʊ/

Definitions of palmetto word

  • noun plural palmetto any of various palms having fan-shaped leaves, as of the genera Sabal, Serenoa, and Thrinax. 1
  • noun palmetto small palm tree 1
  • noun palmetto any of several small chiefly tropical fan palms, esp any of the genus Sabal, of the southeastern US 0
  • noun palmetto any of various other fan palms such as palms of the genera Serenoa, Thrinax, and Chamaerops 0
  • noun palmetto any of several fan palms; esp., a cabbage palm (Sabal palmetto) of the SE U.S. 0
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Origin of palmetto

First appearance:

before 1555
One of the 31% oldest English words
1555-65; earlier palmito < Spanish, diminutive of palma palm2; -etto by association with -ette

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Parts of speech for Palmetto

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Palmetto

palmetto popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Related words

  • cabbage palmetto

    a tropical American fan palm, Sabal palmetto, with edible leaf buds and leaves used in thatching

  • saw palmetto

    a shrublike palmetto, Serenoa repens, of the palm family, native to the southern U.S., having green or blue leafstalks set with spiny teeth.

  • bermuda palmetto

    a palm, Sabal bermudana, of Bermuda, having small, roundish, black fruit and leaves that are checkered beneath.

  • bluestem

    a name applied to a number of North American prairie grasses

  • dwarf palmetto

    an apparently stemless palm, Sabal minor, of the southeastern U.S., having stiff, bluish-green leaves, the leafstalks arising from the ground.

  • palmetto state

    South Carolina (used as a nickname).
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