palmetto
noun/pælˈmetəʊ/
/pælˈmetəʊ/
(plural palmettos)
- a small palm tree that grows in the south-eastern USWord Originmid 16th cent.: from Spanish palmito, literally ‘small palm’, diminutive of palma, assimilated to Italian words ending in -etto.
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