palmetto

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12
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15
Letters
8

Definition of palmetto

11 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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

  1. 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 […].”
  2. A hat made of palmetto leaves.
  3. A native or resident of the US state of South Carolina.

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Etymology

From Spanish palmito, diminutive of palma (“palm tree”), from Latin palma. Doublet of palmite and palmito.

Anagrams of palmetto

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Words you can make from palmetto

169 playable · top: MATELOT (9 pts)

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1 word

6-letter words

4 words

5-letter words

25 words

4-letter words

62 words

3-letter words

55 words

2-letter words

21 words

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