palmetto state

1. 1.

   a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies

   SynonymsSouth CarolinaSCS.C.

   BroaderAmerican state

   Part ofUnited StatesSouthConfederacyDeep South

   PartsColumbiaCharlestonFlorenceGreenvillePee DeeSavannah

Questions about palmetto state

What does palmetto state mean?

palmetto state means "a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies".

What is another word for palmetto state?

Close synonyms include South Carolina, SC, S.C.. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is palmetto state a common word?

palmetto state is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.