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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
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 […].
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Palmetto means Any of various fan palms of the family Arecaceae, especially Sabal palmetto or the saw palmetto, Serenoa repens..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Broad o'er my Head the verdant Cedar wave, / And high Palmetos lift their graceful Shade.
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