Usage examples for palmetto
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I'm sure o' gettin' back by the mornin'; an' to make sartint 'bout the place, jest you squat unner the shadder o' yon big palmetto- the which I can see far enuff off to find yur wharabouts 'thout any defeequelty." – The Lone Ranche by Captain Mayne Reid
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The adult butterflies are lovers of the sun and are said to roost at night upon the tops of live oak and palmetto trees. – Butterflies Worth Knowing by Clarence M. Weed
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As they passed between the palmetto huts the forbidding inhabitants raised their heads to stare for a moment, then dropped them stolidly again. – The Red Derelict by Bertram Mitford