- Palmetto
Palmetto may refer to the following:
Botany
Members of several genera of small palms:
*the genusSabal , containing species such theDwarf Palmetto and theSabal palmetto
*theSaw Palmetto , "Serenoa repens"
*Silver palmetto ("Schippia concolor")
*Silver saw palmetto ("Acoelorraphe wrightii ")Place names
;United States
*Palmetto, Florida
**Palmetto Historic District
*Palmetto, Georgia
*Palmetto, Louisiana
*Palmetto Bay, Florida
*Palmetto Beach-Grant Park (Tampa), Florida , two neighborhoods in the city of Tampa
*Palmetto Estates, Florida
*The Palmetto Expressway,Florida State Road 826
*"The Palmetto State", the official nickname for the state ofSouth Carolina
**TheOrder of the Palmetto , the highest civilian honor awarded by the Governor of South Carolina
**ThePalmetto State Quartet , a professional Southern Gospel singing group from Greenville, South Carolina
**The CSS "Palmetto State", a Confederate ironclad ship;Elsewhere
*Trinity Palmetto Point Parish in Saint Kitts and Nevischools
*
Miami Palmetto High School in Pinecrest, Florida
*Palmetto Middle School in Pinecrest, Florida
*Palmetto High School (Florida) in Palmetto, Florida
*Palmetto High School (South Carolina) in Williamston, South CarolinaTransportation
*
Palmetto (Amtrak) , a passenger train in the United States
*Palmetto (Metrorail station) in Medley, FloridaOther uses
*"Palmetto Bug", another name for the
American cockroach
*"Palmetto" (film)
*"Palmetto Pointe ", a TV show
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