palmetto

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of various fan palms of the family Arecaceae, especially Sabal palmetto or the saw palmetto, Serenoa repens.
    — Broad o'er my Head the verdant Cedar wave, / And high Palmetos lift their graceful Shade.
  2. A hat made of palmetto leaves.
  3. A native or resident of the US state of South Carolina.

词形变化

palmettos plural palmettoes plural

词源

From Spanish palmito, diminutive of palma (“palm tree”), from Latin palma. Doublet of palmite and palmito.
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