The Collaborative International Dictionary
Palmetto \Pal*met"to\, n. [Dim. of palm the tree: cf. Sp. palmito.] (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 Cham[ae]rops 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 Florid
The nearly impassable jungle which it forms is called palmetto scru
Saw palmetto \Saw" pal*met"to\ See under Palmetto.
WordNet
n. small hardy clump-forming spiny palm of southern United States [syn: scrub palmetto, Serenoa repens]
Usage examples of "saw palmetto".
He was also taking Ginkgo Biloba, Saw Palmetto, St John's Wort Viand baby aspirin.
He saw palmetto and wild banana interspersed with Judas palms and other typical vegetation.
The Sorcerer had told Malink that he had angered the prostate monster and the only way to appease him was to quit drinking coffee and tuba and to eat the bitter root of the saw palmetto.
Malink had tried these things for almost two full days before giving up, but it was too hard to wake up without coffee, too hard to go to sleep without tuba, saw palmetto made his stomach hurt, and he seemed to have a headache all the time.
In the event that a major act of terrorism led to a disruption in the distribution of vital nutritional supplements, he also stored five-pound packages of powdered saw palmetto, St.