Palmetto

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Palmetto (meaning "little palm") may refer to:

Palms

Several small palms in the Arecaceae (palm tree) family:

• in the genus Sabal:
  • Bermuda palmetto, Sabal bermudana
  • Birmingham palmetto, Sabal 'Birmingham'
  • Dwarf, or bush palmetto, Sabal minor
  • Hispaniola palmetto, Sabal domingensis
  • Mexican, Texas, or Rio Grande palmetto, Sabal mexicana
  • Cabbage palmetto, Sabal palmetto
  • Scrub palmetto, Sabal etonia
  • Sonoran palmetto, Sabal uresana
  • Yucatán palmetto, Sabal gretheriae
• Saw palmetto, Chamaerops humilis, native to Europe and north Africa
• Saw palmetto, Serenoa repens, native to North America
• Silver saw palmetto, Acoelorraphe wrightii

Insects

• "Palmetto bug," the Florida woods cockroach. It is not the same species as the American cockroach.
• Palmetto Skipper, Euphyes arpa, a butterfly

Place names

• Palmetto Bay, Barbados
• Palmetto Point, Antigua and Barbuda
• Trinity Palmetto Point Parish in Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Palmetto Point, Saint Kitts and Nevis
• North Palmetto Point, Eleuthera Island, Bahamas
• South Palmetto Point, Eleuthera Island, Bahamas

United States

• Palmetto, California
• Palmetto, Florida
  • Palmetto Historic District
• Palmetto, Georgia
• Palmetto, Louisiana
• Palmetto, Missouri
• Palmetto, Nevada, a ghost town
• Palmetto Bay, Florida (Miami-Dade County)
• Palmetto Beach, neighborhood in the city of Tampa, Florida
• Palmetto Estates, Florida
• Palmetto Mountains, range in Nevada
• Palmetto Tennis Center, in Sumter, South Carolina
• Palmetto Building, in Columbia, South Carolina
• Palmetto State Park, Gonzales County, Texas
• Old Palmetto Hotel, Vero Beach, Florida
• Palmetto Island State Park, Louisiana

Schools

• Miami Palmetto High School in Pinecrest, Florida
• Palmetto Middle School (disambiguation), various places
• Palmetto High School (Florida) in Palmetto, Florida
• Palmetto High School (South Carolina) in Williamston, South Carolina
• Palmetto Ridge High School in Naples, Florida
• Palmetto Bay Academy in Miami, Florida
• Palmetto Elementary School in Palmetto, Georgia

Transportation

• Palmetto (Amtrak), a 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

Popular culture

• Palmetto (film), 1998 neo-noir
• Palmetto Leaves, memoir by Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Palmetto Pointe, a TV show
• Palmetto Records, an American jazz record label

Other uses

• Palmetto Cheese, brand of pimento cheese
• Palmetto Citizens Federal Credit Union, in South Carolina
• Palmetto FC Bantams, amateur soccer team in Greenwood, South Carolina
• Palmetto Health, hospital network in Richland County, South Carolina
• Palmetto Health Richland, hospital network in Columbia, South Carolina
  • Palmetto Health Baptist Columbia
• The "Palmetto State", the official nickname for the state of South Carolina
  • Palmetto Regiment, military unit of volunteers from South Carolina serving in the Mexican–American War
  • The Order of the Palmetto, the highest civilian honor awarded by the governor of South Carolina
  • The Palmetto State Quartet, a Southern Gospel group from Greenville, South Carolina
  • "The Palmetto State Song", song popular during the American Civil War
  • The CSS Palmetto State, a Confederate ironclad ship