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PALMETTO

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 649 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PALMETTO  , in

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botany, a popular name for Sabal Palmetto, the Palmetto
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palm, a native of the
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southern
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United States, especially in
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Florida . It has an erect
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stem, 20 to 8o ft. high and deeply cut
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fan-shaped leaves, 5 to 8 ft.
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long; the
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fruit is a
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black drupe a to i in. long . The trunks make
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good piles for wharves, &c., as the
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wood resists the attacks of borers; the leaves are used for thatching . The palm is grown as a pot-plant in greenhouses .

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