PALMETTO (palmettoes)

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Irregular inflected form: palmettoes   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does palmetto mean? 

• PALMETTO (noun)
  The noun PALMETTO has 1 sense:

1. any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leaves

  Familiarity information: PALMETTO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PALMETTO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("palmetto" is a kind of...):

fan palm (palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "palmetto"):

cabbage palm; cabbage palmetto; Sabal palmetto (low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds)

 Context examples 

Combinations include: Padma 28, Hoxey, Essiac, Saw palmetto, Pygeum africanum.

(Botanical Therapy, NCI Thesaurus)

PC-SPES, an herbal supplement containing extracts from 8 herbs including Chrysanthemum morifolium, Ganoderma lucidum (a root fungus), Glycyrrhiza glabra (Spanish liquorice), Isatis indigotica, Panax pseudoginseng, Rabdosia rubescens, Scutellaria baicalensis, and Serona repens (saw palmetto), with potential antineoplastic and antiproliferative effects, specifically in prostate cancer cells.

(PC-SPES, NCI Thesaurus)

Therapy based on plant-derived preparations which include the following: Individual herbs - Ginkgo biloba, Hypericum, Garlic, Ginseng, Echinacea, Saw palmetto, Urtica diocia (nettle), Kava kava, Hawthorne, Witch Hazel, Bilberry, Ginger, Aloe vera, Capsicum, Feverfew, Green tea, Tee Tree oil, Licorice root, Yohimbe, Valerian, Bee Pollen, Cat's Claw, Evening Primrose, Dong Quai, Fenugreek, Marshmallow, Psyllium, Turmeric.

(Botanical Therapy, NCI Thesaurus)