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palmetto

[ US /pæɫˈmɛtoʊ, pɑɫˈmɛtoʊ/ ]
NOUN
  1. any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leaves

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  • Beyond that were the low shore and the dark wood of pines and the shining leaves of the palmettoes like a lake spattered with the light -- split by their needle points. The Trail Book
  • Other plants found commonly within the reserve include Spanish moss, resurrection fern, prickly pear, saw palmetto, sabal palmetto, yaupon holly, red cedar, smilax and sweet grass. Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve, Georgia
  • It's what they call palmetto cabbage, and it's very good to eat too, I can tell you. The Big Brother A Story of Indian War
  • It was very low, with merlons of great thickness; and was constructed of earth, and a species of soft wood common in that country, called the palmetto, which, on being struck with a ball, does not splinter, but closes upon it. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 (of 5) Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States
  • A long, green swath of wilderness beckoned, and I eagerly began working my way through a tangle of muscadine vines and palmetto, beneath a hammock of arching live oaks.
  • The young marsh rabbit has made it to the far bank, a knee-high jungle of ragged palmettos like miniature palm trees.
  • The sweet spring winds are sweeping down from the north, caressing the live oaks and palmettos.
  • Out of the region of magnolias, palmettoes and live-oaks you pass into the region of pines, and out of the region of pines into that of maples and elms. American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home'
  • The palmettoes (_Sabal_ and _Chamærops_) are the best known. Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses
  • They resemble palmettos or palms, with long graceful fronds emanating from the top of a squat to elongated trunk.
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