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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 Statesplay

  Familiarity information: SCRUB PALMETTO used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SCRUB PALMETTO (noun)


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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