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pal·met·to \palˈmed.(ˌ)ō, -e(ˌ)tō\ noun (plural palmettos or palmettoes) Etymology: alteration (influenced by Italian -etto -ette) of palmito (I) 1. : any of several usually low-growing fan palms; especially : cabbage palmetto — see blue palmetto, saw palmetto 2. a. : strips of the leaf blade of a palmetto used in weaving < a palmetto basket > b. : a hat woven of palmetto 3. usually capitalized : south carolinian — a nickname 4. : a tanning material obtained from the roots of the saw palmetto 5. or palmetto green : a grayish yellow green that is less strong and very slightly greener and darker than average sage green, greener and deeper than mermaid, and greener and darker than celadon
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