saw pal·met·to /-pælˈmɛt(ˌ)o/ 名詞
沙巴棕,鋸葉棕
Pal·met·to n. Bot. A name given to palms of several genera and species growing in the West Indies and the Southern United States. In the United States, the name is applied especially to the Chamærops Palmetto, or Sabal Palmetto, the cabbage tree of Florida and the Carolinas. See Cabbage tree, under Cabbage.
Royal palmetto, the West Indian Sabal umbraculifera, the trunk of which, when hollowed, is used for water pipes, etc. The leaves are used for thatching, and for making hats, ropes, etc.
Saw palmetto, Sabal serrulata, a native of Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida. The nearly impassable jungle which it forms is called palmetto scrub.
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Saw pal·met·to. See under Palmetto.
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saw palmetto
n : small hardy clump-forming spiny palm of southern United
States [syn: scrub palmetto, Serenoa repens]