palmetto

1. 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. Leaf strips of any of these plants, used in weaving.

[Spanish palmito, diminutive of palma, palm tree, from Latin. See palm².]

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Palmetto (meaning "little palm") may refer to the following:

Contents 1 Botany 2 Place names 3 Schools 4 Transportation 5 Popular Culture 6 Other uses

Botany

Members of several genera of small palms:

• the genus Sabal, containing species such the Dwarf Palmetto and the Sabal palmetto
• the Saw Palmetto, Serenoa repens
• Silver palmetto (Schippia concolor)
• Silver saw palmetto (Acoelorraphe wrightii)

Place names

United States

• Palmetto, Florida
  • Palmetto Historic District
• Palmetto, Georgia
• Palmetto, Louisiana
• Palmetto, Nevada, a ghost town
• Palmetto Bay, Florida
• Palmetto Beach-Grant Park (Tampa), Florida, two neighborhoods in the city of Tampa
• Palmetto Estates, Florida
• The Palmetto Expressway, Florida State Road 826
• "The Palmetto State", the official nickname for the state of South Carolina
  • The Order of the Palmetto, the highest civilian honor awarded by the Governor of South Carolina
  • The Palmetto State Quartet, a professional Southern Gospel singing group from Greenville, South Carolina
  • The CSS Palmetto State, a Confederate ironclad ship

Elsewhere

• Trinity Palmetto Point Parish in Saint Kitts and Nevis

Schools

• Miami Palmetto High School in Pinecrest, Florida
• Palmetto Middle School in Pinecrest, Florida
• Palmetto High School (Florida) in Palmetto, Florida
• Palmetto High School (South Carolina) in Williamston, South Carolina

Transportation

• Palmetto (Amtrak), a passenger train in the United States
• Palmetto (Metrorail station) in Medley, Florida

Popular Culture

• Palmetto (film) 1998
• Palmetto Pointe, a TV show

Other uses

• "Palmetto Bug", another name for the American cockroach

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - viftepalme

Nederlands (Dutch)
kleine palmboom, palmbladrepen

Français (French)
n. - palmier nain

Deutsch (German)
n. - (bot.) Fächerpalme, (bot.) Stachelrutenpalme, (bot.) Zwergpalme

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φυτολ.) μικρός φοίνικας

Italiano (Italian)
palma nana

Português (Portuguese)
n. - palmito (m)

Русский (Russian)
карликовая пальма

Español (Spanish)
n. - palmito

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - solfjäderspalm

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
美洲蒲葵, 巴尔麦棕榈

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 美洲蒲葵, 巴爾麥棕櫚

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 야자과의 식물

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - パルメットヤシ, シュロ状の葉の木

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) البلميط نوع من النخيل القصير مروحي السعف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮דקל קטן‬

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