Pal-mĕt'to, n.

noun

n. [Diminutive of Lat. palma, a palm; Sp. pal-mito.] (Bot.) (a.) A species of palm-tree growing in the West Indies and Southern United States, of the genus Chamaerops (C. palmetto). (b.) A palm of the genus Areca; the cabbage-tree. See CABBAGE-TREE.

A tall palmetto palm with a slender trunk and spreading clusters of fan-shaped leaves. — Palmetto (*Chamaerops palmetto*).