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

But Krauss said that from the moment he and the other scientists arrived on the island, they never saw anything untoward.
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Because they stopped and I thought, “OK, that makes sense,” and then all of a sudden I saw another issue!
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“We saw his background and he was a Bronx guy and we started breaking the case,” Boyce says.
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We just saw an edit of one called, “Doug Becomes A Feminist,” and I just really enjoyed watching it.
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In Rwanda, as we watched the young fathers hold their babies, we saw a contented look in their eyes.
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Davy looked around and saw an old man coming toward them across the lawn.
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Even as they gazed they saw its roof caught up, and whirled off as if it had been a scroll of paper.
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In the evening, St. Peter's and its accessories were illuminated—by far the most brilliant spectacle I ever saw.
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There was no fighting; a rifle shot now and then from the crests where we saw our fellows clearly.
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As his eye became accustomed to the gloom, David Arden saw traces of gilding on the walls.
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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 ]

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.