palmetto
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
palmetto /palˈmɛtəʊ/
▶noun (pl. palmettos) an American fan palm. [Sabal palmetto (south-eastern US) and other species.]
– origin C16: from Sp. palmito, lit. ‘small palm’.
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