palmetto

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/pælˈmɛtəʊ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(pal met′ō, päl-, pä met′ō)

Inflections of 'palmetto' (n):
palmettos
npl
palmettoes
npl

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
pal•met•to  (pal met′ō, päl-, pä met′ō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tos, -toes. 
  1. Plant Biologyany of various palms having fan-shaped leaves, as of the genera Sabal, Serenoa, and Thrinax.
  • Spanish, diminutive of palma palm2; -etto by association with -ette
  • earlier palmito 1555–65

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
palmetto / pælˈmɛtəʊ/ ( -tos, -toes)
  1. any of several small chiefly tropical fan palms, esp any of the genus Sabal, of the southeastern US
  2. any of various other fan palms such as palms of the genera Serenoa, Thrinax, and Chamaerops
Etymology: 16th Century: from Spanish palmito a little palm2
'palmetto' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Bermuda palmetto - Palmetto State - blue stem - cabbage palmetto - dwarf palmetto - saw palmetto

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