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English Dictionary: saw palmetto by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
saw palmetto
n
  1. small hardy clump-forming spiny palm of southern United States
    Synonym(s): saw palmetto, scrub palmetto, Serenoa repens
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Saw palmetto \Saw" pal*met"to\
      See under {Palmetto}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {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 Florida. The nearly impassable jungle which
            it forms is called palmetto scrub.
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