palmetto
pronunciation
How to pronounce palmetto in British English:
UK [pælˈmetəʊ]
How to pronounce palmetto in American English:
US [pælˈmetoʊ]
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- Noun:
- any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leaves
Word Origin
- palmetto (n.)
- 1580s, from Spanish palmito "dwarf fan palm tree," diminutive of palma "palm tree," from Latin palma (see palm (n.2)). The suffix was subsequently Italianized. The Palmetto Flag was an emblem of South Carolina after secession (1860); the state was called Palmetto State from at least 1837.
Example
- 1. They found one just a few miles away from their palmetto , florida , headquarters : dynamic innovations , a maker of ruggedized computers and other equipment .
- 2. Perhaps : many voters in the palmetto state told reporters that mr gingrich looked best equipped to win debates with barack obama .
- 3. Her stepfather , jim lewis , brought some of her furniture back to palmetto - her dressing table , her entertainment center - and tried to create a room that would feel very much like home to her .
- 4. However , you should note that a clinical study published in 2006 has cast doubt on the effectiveness of saw palmetto that had been demonstrated in previous trials .
- 5. The company sells its sa six earphones for $ 250 , and the price won 't change when production moves to palmetto , fla. , though costs will rise about 20 % .