saw palmetto: Meaning and Definition of

saw' palmet"to

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  1. a shrublike palmetto, Serenoa repens, of the palm family, native to the southern U.S., having green or blue leafstalks set with spiny teeth.
  2. a tall palm, Acoelorraphe wrightii, of Florida and the West Indies.
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