Dictionary
saw' palmet"to
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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