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
The tiny cottages — painted colorful hues and surrounded by lush palmettos, banana plants, hibiscus and sprawling live oak trees — are largely clustered in the blocks west of the boardwalk and main downtown area.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 19, 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
The riverfront was lined with reeds and brambles; behind that was a dense hardwood forest; and farthest back, where Mary Brock and Pee Wee live, lay a cypress swamp populated by stands of palmettos.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2012
Now, the whole family joined the dance, leaping, screaming, and racing past parked cars and the weird shadows cast by palmettos.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
