palmetto
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Definition of palmetto
11 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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Any of various fan palms of the family Arecaceae, especially Sabal palmetto or the saw palmetto, Serenoa repens.
“Broad o'er my Head the verdant Cedar wave, / And high Palmetos lift their graceful Shade.”
“[O]n the flat coastal swamps of South Florida, where the palmettos once blew over the detritus of a dozen failed booms and the hotels were boarded up six months a year, there has evolved […] a settlement of considerable interest […].”
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noun
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Any of various fan palms of the family Arecaceae, especially Sabal palmetto or the saw palmetto, Serenoa repens.
“Broad o'er my Head the verdant Cedar wave, / And high Palmetos lift their graceful Shade.”
“[O]n the flat coastal swamps of South Florida, where the palmettos once blew over the detritus of a dozen failed booms and the hotels were boarded up six months a year, there has evolved […] a settlement of considerable interest […].”
- A hat made of palmetto leaves.
- A native or resident of the US state of South Carolina.
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Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Spanish palmito, diminutive of palma (“palm tree”), from Latin palma. Doublet of palmite and palmito.
Words you can make from palmetto
169 playable · top: MATELOT (9 pts)
Best play matelot 9 points7-letter words
1 word6-letter words
4 words5-letter words
25 words4-letter words
62 words- LAMP 8 pts
- MOPE 8 pts
- PALM 8 pts
- POEM 8 pts
- POME 8 pts
- TAMP 8 pts
- TEMP 8 pts
- ALME 6 pts
- ATOM 6 pts
- ATOP 6 pts
- LAME 6 pts
- LEAP 6 pts
- LEPT 6 pts
- LOAM 6 pts
- LOPE 6 pts
- MALE 6 pts
- MALT 6 pts
- MATE 6 pts
- MATT 6 pts
- MEAL 6 pts
- MEAT 6 pts
- MELT 6 pts
- META 6 pts
- MOAT 6 pts
- MOLA 6 pts
- MOLE 6 pts
- MOLT 6 pts
- MOTE 6 pts
- MOTT 6 pts
- OPAL 6 pts
- PALE 6 pts
- PATE 6 pts
- PEAL 6 pts
- PEAT 6 pts
- PELT 6 pts
- PLAT 6 pts
- PLEA 6 pts
- PLOT 6 pts
- POET 6 pts
- POLE 6 pts
- TAME 6 pts
- TAPE 6 pts
- TEAM 6 pts
- TEPA 6 pts
- TOME 6 pts
- TOPE 6 pts
- ALOE 4 pts
- ALTO 4 pts
- LATE 4 pts
- LOTA 4 pts
- OLEA 4 pts
- TAEL 4 pts
- TALE 4 pts
- TATE 4 pts
- TEAL 4 pts
- TEAT 4 pts
- TELA 4 pts
- TOEA 4 pts
- TOLA 4 pts
- TOLE 4 pts
- TOLT 4 pts
- TOTE 4 pts
3-letter words
55 words- AMP 7 pts
- MAP 7 pts
- MOP 7 pts
- PAM 7 pts
- POM 7 pts
- ALP 5 pts
- APE 5 pts
- APO 5 pts
- APT 5 pts
- ELM 5 pts
- EMO 5 pts
- LAM 5 pts
- LAP 5 pts
- LOP 5 pts
- MAE 5 pts
- MAT 5 pts
- MEL 5 pts
- MET 5 pts
- MOA 5 pts
- MOL 5 pts
- MOT 5 pts
- OMA 5 pts
- OPA 5 pts
- OPE 5 pts
- OPT 5 pts
- PAL 5 pts
- PAT 5 pts
- PEA 5 pts
- PET 5 pts
- POL 5 pts
- POT 5 pts
- TAM 5 pts
- TAP 5 pts
- TOM 5 pts
- TOP 5 pts
- ALE 3 pts
- ALT 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- ATT 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- LAT 3 pts
- LEA 3 pts
- LET 3 pts
- LOT 3 pts
- OAT 3 pts
- OLE 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAO 3 pts
- TAT 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEL 3 pts
- TET 3 pts
- TOE 3 pts
- TOT 3 pts
2-letter words
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