PALMETTO

Palmetto

The Palmetto is a passenger train service operated by Amtrak over the 829 miles from New York City south to Savannah, Georgia via the Northeast Corridor to Washington, DC, then via Richmond, Virginia, Fayetteville, North Carolina and Charleston, South Carolina. The Palmetto is a shorter version of the Silver Meteor, which continues south to Miami, Florida. Between 1996 and 2002 this service was called the Silver Palm. Although currently a day train, in the past the Palmetto provided overnight sleeper service to Florida.

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palmetto

Noun

  1. Either of two closely related genera of New World palms, of the family Arecaceae:
    1. or its sole species , the saw palmetto, which has medicinal uses;
    2. , represented by about 15 species, some known commonly as palmettos, others as fan palms.
  2. A native or resident of the US state of South Carolina.


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