palmetto
/pælmˈɛtoʊ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.72 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of various fan palms of the family Arecaceae, especially Sabal palmetto or the saw palmetto, Serenoa repens.
noun
A native or resident of the US state of South Carolina.
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Example Sentences
- "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 […]."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
Phrases
Bermuda palmetto
Birmingham palmetto
bush palmetto
cabbage palmetto
dwarf palmetto
Hispaniola palmetto
Mexican palmetto
Palmetto Bay
Frequently Paired Words
palmetta