palmetto

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noun

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

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

   “Broad o'er my Head the verdant Cedar wave, / And high Palmetos lift their graceful Shade.”

   “[O]n the flat coastal swamps of South Florida, where the palmettos once blew over the detritus of a dozen failed booms and the hotels were boarded up six months a year, there has evolved […] a settlement of considerable interest […].”

2. A hat made of palmetto leaves.
3. A native or resident of the US state of South Carolina.