Palmetto

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Palmetto may refer to the following:

Contents 1 Botany 2 Place names 3 Schools 4 Transportation 5 Other uses

[edit] Botany

Members of several genera of small palms:

• the genus Sabal, containing species such the Dwarf Palmetto and the Sabal palmetto
• the Saw Palmetto, Serenoa repens
• Silver palmetto (Schippia concolor)
• Silver saw palmetto (Acoelorraphe wrightii)

[edit] 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 of South Carolina
  • The Order of the Palmetto, the highest civilian honor awarded by the Governor of South Carolina
  • The Palmetto 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 Nevis

[edit] Schools

• 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 Carolina

[edit] Transportation

• Palmetto (Amtrak), a passenger train in the United States
• Palmetto (Metrorail station) in Medley, Florida

[edit] Other uses

• "Palmetto Bug", another name for the American cockroach
• Palmetto (film)
• Palmetto Pointe, a TV show