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SCRUB PALMETTO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does scrub palmetto mean?
• SCRUB PALMETTO (noun)
The noun SCRUB PALMETTO has 1 sense:
1. small hardy clump-forming spiny palm of southern United States
Familiarity information: SCRUB PALMETTO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small hardy clump-forming spiny palm of southern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
saw palmetto; scrub palmetto; Serenoa repens
Hypernyms ("scrub palmetto" is a kind of...):
fan palm (palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves)
Holonyms ("scrub palmetto" is a member of...):
genus Serenoa; Serenoa (one species: saw palmetto)
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