| Noun | 1. | Palmetto State - a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 coloniesDeep South - the southeastern region of the United States: South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana; prior to the American Civil War all these states produced cotton and permitted slavery Charleston - a port city in southeastern South Carolina Florence - a town in northeast South Carolina; transportation center Greenville - a town in northwest South Carolina in the Piedmont Pee Dee, Pee Dee River - a river that flows through central North Carolina and northeastern South Carolina to the Atlantic Ocean | |