palmetto
noun
any of various palms having fan-shaped leaves, as of the genera Sabal, Serenoa, and Thrinax.
palmettos
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pluralof palmetto.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“Our ownly food was palmettos boiled with the meat and without salt, and the cores of palm trees” — hearts of palm, a future foodie TikTok rage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2025
On a humid afternoon in June 1954, my parents married in a whitewashed Methodist church in my mother’s hometown in rural south Georgia, rosette windows and palmettos framing the front doors.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 4, 2021
Her work included a study of palmettos near her home at 71 Rutledge Ave. and possibly field research on the Isle of Palms.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 6, 2021
That azaleas now bloom where crooked pines and palmettos once flourished may ruffle purists, but it does little to reduce a dramatic finishing kick that, for sheer drama, rivals anyplace, anywhere.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2010
Stands of palmettos and live oaks met the car as the road ribboned out straight in its last sprint to the barrier islands.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
