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palmetto flag

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English

Syllables
pal-met-to flag
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Any of several flags adopted by South Carolina after its secession. That adopted in November, 1860, had a green cabbage palmetto in the center of a white field; the final one, January, 1861, had a white palmetto in the center of a blue field and a white crescent in the upper left-hand corner.

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What does palmetto flag mean?
Any of several flags adopted by South Carolina after its secession. That adopted in November, 1860, had a green cabbage palmetto in the center of a white field; the final one, January, 1861, had a white palmetto in the center of a blue field and a white crescent in the upper left-hand corner.

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