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单词 saw palmetto
释义

saw palmetto


noun

a shrublike palmetto, Serenoa repens, of the palm family, native to the southern U.S., having green or blue leafstalks set with spiny teeth.
a tall palm, Acoelorraphe wrightii, of Florida and the West Indies.

Origin of saw palmetto

An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800

Words nearby saw palmetto

sawmill, sawn, Sawney, sawn-off, saw-off, saw palmetto, saw pit, saw set, sawtimber, sawtooth, saw-toothed
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Example sentences from the Web for saw palmetto

  • The gobbler got back to land, and led us a fruitless chase into the thicket of saw-palmetto.

    Voyage of the Paper Canoe|Nathaniel H. Bishop
  • I put out my hand and felt the ragged edge of saw-palmetto, then slipped in behind him, moving scarcely more than a yard a minute.

    Wings of the Wind|Credo Harris
  • Very well; now, break a fan from that saw-palmetto and sweep a place for me on the ground—that way.

    The Firing Line|Robert W. Chambers

British Dictionary definitions for saw palmetto

saw palmetto

noun

any of several dwarf prickly palms, esp any of the genus Sabal, of the southeastern US
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for saw palmetto

saw palmetto
[ sô păl-mĕtō ]

n.

A small creeping palm (Serenoa repens) of the southeast United States, whose black, one-seeded fruit is available in dried form as a nonprescription herbal remedy that is supposedly beneficial for disorders of the prostate gland.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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