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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