saw palmetto

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noun

a shrublike palmetto, Serenoa repens, of the palm family, native to the southern U.S., having green or blue leafstalks set with spiny teeth.

a tall palm, Acoelorraphe wrightii, of Florida and the West Indies.

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Origin of saw palmetto

An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800

Words nearby saw palmetto

sawmill, sawn, Sawney, sawn-off, saw-off, saw palmetto, saw pit, saw set, sawtimber, sawtooth, saw-toothed

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How to use saw palmetto in a sentence

They found hiding places behind trees or on the ground sheltered by the saw palmetto and brush.
Four American Indians|Edson L. Whitney
The foregoing warrants the assumption that the active ingredients of the mixture are sandalwood oil and saw palmetto.
The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2|Various
Our roads diverged after a while, and my own soon ran into a wood with an undergrowth of saw palmetto.
A Florida Sketch-Book|Bradford Torrey
There was a screen of saw palmetto in front of them, hiding the water.
Motor Boat Boys Among the Florida Keys|Louis Arundel

The gobbler got back to land, and led us a fruitless chase into the thicket of saw-palmetto.
Voyage of the Paper Canoe|Nathaniel H. Bishop

British Dictionary definitions for saw palmetto

saw palmetto

noun

any of several dwarf prickly palms, esp any of the genus Sabal, of the southeastern US

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