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palmetto

name · noun · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • rhymes with -ɛtəʊ
  • CMU ARPABET: P AE0 L M EH1 T OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: P AA0 L M EH1 T OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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Meaning 1

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Pickens County, Alabama.

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A number of places in the United States:

A former community in Plumas County, California.

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A number of places in the United States:

A city and historic district in Manatee County, Florida.

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A number of places in the United States:

A city mostly in Fulton County, Georgia.

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A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Oglethorpe County, Georgia.

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Meaning 6

A number of places in the United States:

A village in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.

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Meaning 7

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Greene County, Missouri.

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Meaning 8

A number of places in the United States:

A ghost town in Esmeralda County, Nevada.

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noun

Meaning 9

Any of various fan palms of the family Arecaceae, especially Sabal palmetto or the saw palmetto, Serenoa repens.

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Meaning 10

A hat made of palmetto leaves.

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Meaning 11

A native or resident of the US state of South Carolina.

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Meaning 12

any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leaves

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Broader terms: fan palm

Narrower terms: cabbage palmetto, cabbage palm, Sabal palmetto

History

Etymology

From Spanish palmito, diminutive of palma (“palm tree”), from Latin palma. Doublet of palmite and palmito.

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: latanier — any of various fan palms of the family Arecaceae
  • Spanish: palmito — any of various fan palms of the family Arecaceae
  • Spanish: margallón — any of various fan palms of the family Arecaceae
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