Tumutukoy ang "palmetto" sa isang maliit na puno ng palma, lalo na sa timog-silangan ng U.S. at West Indies, na may hugis-pamaypay na mga dahon na may matinik na tangkay at mga tangkay na ginagamit para sa pag-iipon.
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Near the western extremity, where Fort Moultrie stands, and where are some miserable frame buildings, tenanted, during summer, by the fugitives from Charleston dust and fever, may be found, indeed, the bristly palmetto but the whole island, with the exception of this western point, and a line of hard, white beach on the seacoast, is covered with a dense undergrowth of the sweet myrtle, so much prized by the horticulturists of England.
