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palmite|ˈpælmaɪt|
[ad. Sp. and Pg. palmito, S. Afr. Du. palmiet: see palmetto.]
†1. Some kind of palmetto; in quot. 1595 ? the fibre of some variety of palm. Obs.
1555Eden Decades 359 Theyr drynke is eyther water or the iuse that droppeth from the cut braunches of the barren date trees cauled Palmites. 1595R. Hasleton in Arb. Garner VIII. 382 Tying them [sheepskins] together over my shoulders and under my arms with Palmite..a weed like to that whereof our hand-baskets are made [at Majorca].
2. A South African aquatic plant, Prionium Palmita (family Juncaceæ), growing in the beds of rivers, and bearing a tuft or large serrated sword-shaped leaves, affording a strong fibre.
[1824W. J. Burchell Trav. I. 91 Most of the rivers which we passed, are choked up with the plant called Palmiet by the colonists.] 1834Pringle Afr. Sk. 25 Girt by the palmite's leafy screen. |