palmetto Definition

any of several usually low-growing fan-leaved palms; especially : cabbage palmetto

strips of the leaf blade of a palmetto used in weaving

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a cabbage palm (Sabal palmetto) with fan-shaped leaves native to coastal southeastern U.S. and the Bahamas

any of several shrubby palms chiefly of the southern U.S. and West Indies that have spiny-toothed petioles; especially : a common palm (Serenoa repens) of the southeastern U.S. with a usually creeping stem

a preparation derived from the berrylike fruit of a saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) that is held to have a therapeutic effect on the prostate gland and is used in dietary supplements and herbal remedies

a hybrid striped bass that is a cross between a female striped bass (Morone saxatilis) and a male white bass (Morone chrysops) and is silvery-white with dark usually discontinuous or irregular horizontal stripes along the sides —called also palmetto bass, whiterock bass