Palmetto State

Palmetto State
Palmetto State Palmetto State prop. n. South Carolina; -- a nickname alluding to the State Arms, which contain a representation of a palmetto tree. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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  • Palmetto State Park — Der Palmetto State Park liegt zwischen Gonzales und Luling im Gonzales County des US Bundesstaates Texas. Der 109 ha große State Park mit einer Höhenlage von 89 m bietet Lebensraum für 240 Vogelarten. Zwischen 1934 und 1936 stifteten… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Palmetto State Quartet — Infobox musical artist Name = The Palmetto State Quartet Img capt = Img size = 300 Landscape = Background = group or band Alias = Origin = Greenville, SC, USA Genre = Southern Gospel Years active = 1946 or 1947–present Label = Sonlite Records… …   Wikipedia

  • Palmetto State Park — Infobox protected area | name = Palmetto State Park iucn category = caption = locator x = 186 locator y = 150 location = Gonzales County, Texas nearest city = Austin lat degrees = 29 lat minutes = 35 lat seconds = 50 lat direction = N long… …   Wikipedia

  • Palmetto State — noun a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies • Syn: ↑South Carolina, ↑SC • Members of this Region: ↑Cowpens, ↑battle of Cowpens • Instance Hypernyms: ↑American state …   Useful english dictionary

  • Palmetto State — South Carolina (used as a nickname). * * * …   Universalium

  • Palmetto State — South Carolina …   Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games

  • CSS Palmetto State — an ironclad ram, was built by Cameron and Co., Charleston, South Carolina in January 1862, under the supervision of Flag Officer D. N. Ingraham, CSN. She was readied for service by September 1862 when Lieutenant Commander John Rutledge, CSN, was …   Wikipedia

  • The Palmetto State Song — This article is about a song entitled The Palmetto State Song . It is not a state song of South Carolina, known as the Palmetto State . South Carolina has two official state songs: Carolina and South Carolina on My Mind . The Palmetto State Song… …   Wikipedia

  • Palmetto — may refer to the following:BotanyMembers 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… …   Wikipedia

  • palmetto — (n.) 1580s, from Sp. palmito dwarf fan palm tree, dim. of palma palm tree, from L. palma (see PALM (Cf. palm) (n.2)). The suffix was subsequently Italianized. The Palmetto Flag was an emblem of South Carolina after secession (1860); S.C. called… …   Etymology dictionary

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