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SAW PALMETTO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does saw palmetto mean?
• SAW PALMETTO (noun)
The noun SAW PALMETTO has 1 sense:
1. small hardy clump-forming spiny palm of southern United States
Familiarity information: SAW 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 ("saw palmetto" is a kind of...):
fan palm (palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves)
Holonyms ("saw palmetto" is a member of...):
genus Serenoa; Serenoa (one species: saw palmetto)
Context examples
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)
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