(n.) A name given to palms of several genera and species growing in the West Indies and the Southern United States. In the United States, the name is applied especially to the Chamaerops, / Sabal, Palmetto, the cabbage tree of Florida and the Carolinas. See Cabbage tree, under Cabbage.
Example Sentences:
(1) So seemingly uphill is the battle that Jeb Bush faces in the Palmetto state, the third state to vote for president next year, that even an appearance by his brother, George W, who is still popular with Republicans across the country, may barely move the needle, said one senior political operative who spoke on condition of anonymity owing to ongoing work with multiple campaigns.
(2) Chickens were caged in four habitat types: oak hammocks, slash pine-saw palmetto areas, pastures, and urban-residential areas.
(3) As his campaign readily admits, Rubio also “sometimes” attends Baptist services at a church located in Palmetto Bay, California.
(4) Safe drinking water was in short supply: in Columbia, firefighters used a half-dozen trucks and pumps to ferry hundreds of thousands of gallons of water to Palmetto Health Baptist hospital.
Sabal
Definition:
(n.) A genus of palm trees including the palmetto of the Southern United States.
Example Sentences:
(1) Phytodrugs, which contain an extract of Sabal serrulatum or Pygeum Africana as active substance are without side effects and are, therefore, being used increasingly.
(2) Is there any influence of the extract from Sabal serrulatum on the BPH tissue in our model?
(3) and -angustifolia DC., Eupatorium cannabium L. and -perfoliatum L., Chamomilla recutita L. Rauscher, Calendula officinalis L., Baptisia tinctoria (L.) R. B., Achyrocline satureioides DC., Arnica montana L., Sabal serrulata Roem.
(4) From sabal fruits the beta-sitosterolderivates beta-sitosterolpalmitate, -myristate,-laurate, -6-0-myristyl-beta-D-glucoside, -6-0-lauryl-beta-D-glucoside, -6-0-caprinoyl-beta-D-glucoside, -beta-D- -diglucoside and free beta-sitosterol as well as the flavonoids rutin, rhoifolin, isoquercitrin and kaempferol-3-0-glucoside were isolated.
(5) In a randomised, double-blind study, the preparation Curbicin, obtained from pumpkin seeds and dwarf palm plants (Cucurbita pepo L. and Sabal serrulata), was compared with a placebo in the treatment of symptoms caused by prostatic hyperplasia; 53 patients took part in the study, which was carried out over a 3-month period.
(6) 74 patients with irritable or obstructive bladder symptoms due to benign prostatic hypertrophy were treated with a phytodrug (Sabal serrulatum) or with testosterone throughout a period of three months.