Definitions for palmetto

palmetto pal·met·to

Spelling: [pal-met-oh, pahl-, pah-met-oh]
IPA: /pælˈmɛt oʊ, pɑl-, pɑˈmɛt oʊ/

Palmetto is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 276 anagrams from letters in palmetto (aelmoptt).

Definitions for palmetto

noun

  1. any of various palms having fan-shaped leaves, as of the genera Sabal, Serenoa, and Thrinax.

Origin of palmetto

1555-65; earlier palmito Spanish, diminutive of palma palm2; -etto by association with -ette

Examples for palmetto

These, together with a handful of palmetto berries, constituted his supper.

A policeman stopped traffic on palmetto for the cortege and second line to pass, and in a better street, people broke out dancing.

Lamon brought back a palmetto branch, but no promise of peace.

palmetto becomes Washington Avenue after it crosses Carrollton and approaches the campus of Xavier University.

The first female and minority governor in palmetto State history finds herself in a unique position.

Who will say that a dread Nemesis has not overtaken the metropolis of the palmetto State?

They pulled the elegant wagon on a slow pace along for a block and then made a U-turn beneath the palmetto overpass.

The result is that Democrats and Independents will be able to continue to vote in Republican primaries in the palmetto State.

Some people here use the palmetto leaves for fans or brooms.

Some of the wharfs along the Texas coast are built on palmetto piles.

Word Value for palmetto
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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