palmetto | (n) ต้นปาล์มมีใบรูปพัด (โดยเฉพาะจำพวก Sabal palmetto) |
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| Palmetto | n. [ Dim. of palm the tree: cf. Sp. palmito. ] (Bot.) 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 Chamærops Palmetto, or Sabal Palmetto, the cabbage tree of Florida and the Carolinas. See Cabbage tree, under Cabbage. [ 1913 Webster ] Royal palmetto, the West Indian Sabal umbraculifera, the trunk of which, when hollowed, is used for water pipes, etc. The leaves are used for thatching, and for making hats, ropes, etc. -- Saw palmetto, Sabal serrulata, a native of Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida. The nearly impassable jungle which it forms is called palmetto scrub. [ 1913 Webster ] | Palmetto flag | . 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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] | Palmetto State | . prop. n. South Carolina; -- a nickname alluding to the State Arms, which contain a representation of a palmetto tree. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
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| palmetto | (n) any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leaves |
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Palmetto \Pal*met"to\, n. [Dim. of palm the tree: cf. Sp.
palmito.] (Bot.)
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
{Cham[ae]rops Palmetto}, or {Sabal Palmetto}, the cabbage
tree of Florida and the Carolinas. See {Cabbage tree}, under
{Cabbage}.
[1913 Webster]
{Royal palmetto}, the West Indian {Sabal umbraculifera}, the
trunk of which, when hollowed, is used for water pipes,
etc. The leaves are used for thatching, and for making
hats, ropes, etc.
{Saw palmetto}, {Sabal serrulata}, a native of Georgia, South
Carolina, and Florida. The nearly impassable jungle which
it forms is called palmetto scrub.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
palmetto
n 1: any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leaves
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