Palmetto
[pæl'metəʊ] or [pæl'mɛto]
Definition
(noun.) any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leaves.
Checker: Polly--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A name given to palms of several genera and species growing in the West Indies and the Southern United States. In the United States, the name is applied especially to the Chamaerops, / Sabal, Palmetto, the cabbage tree of Florida and the Carolinas. See Cabbage tree, under Cabbage.
Typist: Ollie
Definition
n. a name for several fan-palms esp. the cabbage-palm of Florida &c.: a hat made of palmetto-leaves.
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Examples
- Mr. Skeggs, with his palmetto on and his cigar in his mouth, walks around to put farewell touches on his wares. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He spoke at Palmetto on the 20th of September, and at Macon on the 22d. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The exploration of the glades and swamps of Florida by three men extended over a period of five months in a minute search for fibrous woods of the palmetto species. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Hood moved his army from Palmetto Station across by Dallas and Cedartown, and is now on the Coosa River, south of Rome. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- At the same time also the work was begun in Tennessee and Kentucky which Mr. Davis had assured his hearers at Palmetto and Macon would take place. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The Southern states produce a multitude of different honeys, the sweet clover, tupelo, and the palmetto being the most common. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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