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palmetto


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Palmetto  \Pal*met"to\,  n.  [Dim.  of  palm  the  tree:  cf  Sp 
  palmito.]  (Bot.) 
  A  name  given  to  palms  of  several  genera  and  species  growing 
  in  the  West  Indies  and  the  Southern  United  States.  In  the 
  United  States,  the  name  is  applied  especially  to  the 
  {Cham[ae]rops,  or  Sabal,  Palmetto},  the  cabbage  tree  of 
  Florida  and  the  Carolinas.  See  {Cabbage  tree},  under 
  {Cabbage}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  palmetto 
  n  :  any  of  several  low-growing  palms  with  fan-shaped  leaves 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Palmetto,  FL  (city,  FIPS  54250) 
  Location:  27.52185  N,  82.57762  W 
  Population  (1990):  9268  (4873  housing  units) 
  Area:  9.9  sq  km  (land),  0.3  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  34221 
  Palmetto,  GA  (city,  FIPS  58884) 
  Location:  33.52613  N,  84.66166  W 
  Population  (1990):  2612  (1014  housing  units) 
  Area:  13.0  sq  km  (land),  0.3  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  30268 
  Palmetto,  LA  (village,  FIPS  58780) 
  Location:  30.71779  N,  91.90796  W 
  Population  (1990):  229  (108  housing  units) 
  Area:  2.3  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  71358 




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