palmetto
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7.4
- noun
- /pælˈmɛtoʊ/
- US
:
palmeto
- And once the island had been just as good: a jungle of palmetto and scrub oak in sandy soil, a curving beach, clean sea sparkling like the sea in dreams, a shabby beach town at one tip, summer people at the other.
Also things like Sol Palmetto, a weak DHT antagonist.
- Also things like Sol Palmetto, a weak DHT antagonist.
- The most common are saw Palmetto, nettle roots and pumpkin seed extract.
Examples
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In the morning, shiny fan-shaped palmetto leaves rustled against the screen windows at Martin's townhouse.
Fiction book (1995) -
My days in the ravines were a time of chasing ghosts, Asa Gray's Yankee accent whispering among the palmetto and pine.
Academic text (1990) -
The scrub oak and palmetto that lined the service road prevented anyone from seeing the pad until they had nearly reached it.
Fiction book (1996) -
In Charleston at this time of night, there would be waves beating on bulkheads, palmetto leaves rattling in the wind.
Fiction book (1997) -
Newsom has found that the Calusa used a number of wild plants like prickly pear, cabbage palm, saw palmetto, hog plum, and acorns.
Academic text (2004) -
The land here is thick with undergrowth, scrub bushes, palmetto, and coconut palms with their skinny, curving trunks and their mop heads of fronds.
Fiction book (2002) -
On Georgia's coast, the painted bunting's scrub palmetto habitat is rapidly losing ground to new development.
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In the morning, shiny fan-shaped palmetto leaves rustled against the screen windows at Martin's townhouse.
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In Charleston at this time of night, there would be waves beating on bulkheads, palmetto leaves rattling in the wind.
Synonyms
116
1.8
A tall tropical tree with one trunk and large fan-shaped leaves
46
1.0
A tall tree with one straight trunk and big leaves at the top
1
7.2
A small palm with spiny leaves that grows in clumps in the southeastern United States
A palm tree with fan-shaped leaves that grows along the southern US coast
A low palm tree with fan-shaped leaves and an edible heart
A small fan palm with silvery leaves that grows in southern Florida and Cuba
A small fan-shaped tree that grows in southern Florida and Cuba
A small palm tree from southern Florida and the West Indies with leaves used to cover roofs
A small palm tree from southern Florida and the West Indies with leaves used to make roofs
A small palm tree from southern Florida and the West Indies that looks like the silvertop palmetto
A small palm tree from southern Florida and the West Indies that looks like the silvertop palmetto
A tropical tree with large leaves shaped like a fan
A small spiny palm that grows wild in the southern United States
A small tough palm that grows in clumps with spiny leaves in the southern United States
Compounds
- US
1
7.2
A small palm with spiny leaves that grows in clumps in the southeastern United States
- Specialized
A palm tree with fan-shaped leaves that grows along the southern US coast
A small tough palm that grows in clumps with spiny leaves in the southern United States
A small fan palm with silvery leaves that grows in southern Florida and Cuba
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word palmetto comes from the same root as palm plus a small ending -etto that means 'little', so it literally means 'little palm'. That's why palmetto refers to a low-growing palm with fan-shaped leaves common in the southeastern United States and the Caribbean.