PALMETTO


Meaning of PALMETTO in English

palˈmed.(ˌ)ō, -e(ˌ)tō noun

( plural palmettos or palmettoes )

Etymology: alteration (influenced by Italian -etto -ette) of palmito (I)

1. : any of several usually low-growing fan palms ; especially : cabbage palmetto — see blue palmetto , saw palmetto

2.

a. : strips of the leaf blade of a palmetto used in weaving

a palmetto basket

b. : a hat woven of palmetto

3. usually capitalized : south carolinian — a nickname

4. : a tanning material obtained from the roots of the saw palmetto

5. or palmetto green : a grayish yellow green that is less strong and very slightly greener and darker than average sage green, greener and deeper than mermaid, and greener and darker than celadon

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