saw palmetto
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
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Example sentences from the Web for saw palmetto
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. BishopI put out my hand and felt the ragged edge of saw-palmetto, then slipped in behind him, moving scarcely more than a yard a minute.
Wings of the Wind|Credo HarrisVery well; now, break a fan from that saw-palmetto and sweep a place for me on the ground—that way.
The Firing Line|Robert W. Chambers
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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Medical definitions for saw palmetto
saw palmetto
[ sô păl-mĕt′ō ]
n.
A small creeping palm (Serenoa repens) of the southeast United States, whose black, one-seeded fruit is available in dried form as a nonprescription herbal remedy that is supposedly beneficial for disorders of the prostate gland.
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