Palmetto
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Palmetto (meaning "little palm") may refer to:
Palms
[edit]Several small palms in the Arecaceae (palm tree) family:
- in the genus Sabal:
- Bermuda palmetto, Sabal bermudana
- Birmingham palmetto, Sabal 'Birmingham'
- Cabbage palmetto, Sabal palmetto
- Dwarf, or bush palmetto, Sabal minor
- Hispaniola palmetto, Sabal domingensis
- Jamaica palmetto, Sabal maritima
- Mexican, Texas, or Rio Grande palmetto, Sabal mexicana
- Miami palmetto, Sabal miamiensis
- Puerto Rico palmetto, Sabal causiarum
- Rosei palmetto, Sabal rosei
- Royal palmetto, Sabal pumos
- Scrub palmetto, Sabal etonia
- Sonoran palmetto, Sabal uresana
- Yucatán palmetto, Sabal gretheriae
- Palmetto, Chamaerops humilis, native to Europe and north Africa
- Saw palmetto, Serenoa repens, native to North America
Places
[edit]- Palmetto, Alabama
- Palmetto, California
- Palmetto, Florida
- Palmetto Bay, Florida
- Palmetto Beach, neighborhood in Tampa, Florida
- Palmetto Estates, Florida
- Palmetto Historic District
- Palmetto, Georgia
- Palmetto, Oglethorpe County, Georgia
- Palmetto, Louisiana
- Palmetto, Missouri
- Palmetto, Nevada, a ghost town
Schools
[edit]- Miami Palmetto High School in Pinecrest, Florida
- Palmetto Bay Academy in Miami, Florida
- Palmetto High School (Florida) in Palmetto, Florida
- Palmetto High School (South Carolina) in Williamston, South Carolina
- Palmetto Ridge High School in Naples, Florida
- Palmetto State e-Cademy, a virtual public charter school in South Carolina
Transportation
[edit]- Palmetto (train), an Amtrak passenger train in the United States
- Palmetto (ACL train), a former ACL passenger train in the United States
- Palmetto (Metrorail station) in Miami, Florida
- Palmetto Railroad, former railroad in North Carolina and South Carolina
- Palmetto Railway, former railroad in North Carolina and South Carolina
- Palmetto Trail, foot and bike trail in South Carolina
- The Palmetto Expressway, Florida State Road 826
Entertainment
[edit]- Palmetto (film), a 1998 neo-noir
- Palmetto Records, an American jazz record label founded in 1990
- Palmetto State Quartet, a gospel group from Greenville, South Carolina
- "The Palmetto State Song", a 1860 song popular during the American Civil War
- Palmetto Pointe, a 2005 TV show
- Palmetto Leaves, an 1873 memoir by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Other
[edit]- Palmetto State, the official nickname for the state of South Carolina
- Palmetto (crater), of the moon
- Palmetto Cheese, brand of pimento cheese
- Palmetto Electric
- Palmetto FC Bantams, amateur soccer team in Greenwood, South Carolina
- Order of the Palmetto, the highest civilian honor awarded by the governor of South Carolina
- Palmetto Regiment, military unit of volunteers from South Carolina serving in the Mexican–American War
- CSS Palmetto State, an 1862 Confederate ironclad ship
- Palmetto Island State Park, Louisiana
- Palmetto State Park, Gonzales County, Texas
- Palmetto Mountains, range in Nevada
- Palmetto Health Baptist Columbia, South Carolina
- Palmetto Health Richland, hospital network in Columbia, South Carolina
- Palmetto Health, hospital network in Richland County, South Carolina
- Florida woods cockroach, a.k.a. Palmetto bug, different species from American cockroach
- Palmetto Skipper, Euphyes arpa, a butterfly
- Palmetto Pass, an electronic toll collection system in South Carolina