noun
- a small palm tree with fan-shaped leaves, especially the cabbage palmetto found in the southeastern United States
Examples
- The South Carolina state flag features a palmetto tree.
- Palmetto trees lined the coastal highway.
- The hurricane damaged many of the palmetto palms in the park.
- We sat in the shade of a large palmetto.
- The palmetto’s fan-shaped leaves rustled in the ocean breeze.
- Native Americans used palmetto fronds for thatching roofs.