palmetto

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I'm sure o' gettin' back by the mornin'; an' to make sartint 'bout the place, jest you squat unner the shadder o' yon big palmetto--the which I can see far enuff off to find yur wharabouts 'thout any defeequelty The palmetto spoken of is, in truth, not a "palmetto," though a plant of kindred genus.

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  1. noun Any of several small, mostly tropical palms having fan-shaped leaves, especially one of the genus Sabal, such as S. palmetto of the southeast United States. Also called sabal.
  2. noun Leaf strips of any of these plants, used in weaving.

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  • - Why the herb saw palmetto is ineffective -- a common Chinese herb does more for prostate health than any other substance out there. —  xml's Blinklist.com
  • Enlarged endocrine or harmless endocrine hyperplasia (BPH) and the herb saw palmetto has been studied in European labs for it's effectiveness in treating the disorder. dweller labs lag far behindhand in their investigate of enlarged endocrine and herbs to treat it. —  xml's Blinklist.com
  • Even meliorate programme about the herb saw palmetto, is that when used to conflict enlarged endocrine its lateral effects are nearly hour and it is non-toxic. —  xml's Blinklist.com
  • Further investigation by deputies revealed the bag contained saw-palmetto berries.
  • Set 26 miles west of Tampa on a palmetto-covered barrier island near the small town of Dunedin, Caladesi is a state park that has never seen a touch of neon. —  RISMedia
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  1. Spanish palmito, diminutive of palma, palm tree, from Latin; see palm2.

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  1. Formerly palmito; from Spanish palmito (= Portuguese palmito = Italian palmisto = French palmiste), diminutive of palma, palm: see palm.
 

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