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saw palmetto
noun
- a shrublike palmetto, Serenoa repens, of the palm family, native to the southern U.S., having green or blue leafstalks set with spiny teeth.
- a tall palm, Acoelorraphe wrightii, of Florida and the West Indies.
saw palmetto
noun
- any of several dwarf prickly palms, esp any of the genus Sabal, of the southeastern US
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Word History and Origins
Origin of saw palmetto1
An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800
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Example Sentences
They found hiding places behind trees or on the ground sheltered by the saw palmetto and brush.
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The foregoing warrants the assumption that the active ingredients of the mixture are sandalwood oil and saw palmetto.
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Our roads diverged after a while, and my own soon ran into a wood with an undergrowth of saw palmetto.
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There was a screen of saw palmetto in front of them, hiding the water.
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The gobbler got back to land, and led us a fruitless chase into the thicket of saw-palmetto.
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