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单词 palmetto
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pal•met•to  (pal metō, päl-, pä metō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tos, -toes. 
  1. Plant Biologyany of various palms having fan-shaped leaves, as of the genera Sabal, Serenoa, and Thrinax.
  • Spanish, diminutive of palma palm2; -etto by association with -ette
  • earlier palmito 1555–65

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
palmetto /pælˈmɛtəʊ/ n ( pl -tos, -toes)
  1. any of several small chiefly tropical fan palms, esp any of the genus Sabal, of the southeastern US
  2. any of various other fan palms such as palms of the genera Serenoa, Thrinax, and Chamaerops
Etymology: 16th Century: from Spanish palmito a little palm²
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