Palmaceae — n. A natural family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order {Palmales}. Syn: Palmae, family {Palmae}, family {Palmaceae}, Arecaceae,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
family Arecaceae — noun chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales • Syn: ↑Palmae, ↑family Palmae, ↑Palmaceae, ↑family Palmaceae, ↑Arecaceae, ↑palm… … Useful english dictionary
family Palmae — noun chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales • Syn: ↑Palmae, ↑Palmaceae, ↑family Palmaceae, ↑Arecaceae, ↑family Arecaceae, ↑palm… … Useful english dictionary
Palmaceae — noun chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales • Syn: ↑Palmae, ↑family Palmae, ↑family Palmaceae, ↑Arecaceae, ↑family Arecaceae,… … Useful english dictionary
palm family — noun chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales • Syn: ↑Palmae, ↑family Palmae, ↑Palmaceae, ↑family Palmaceae, ↑Arecaceae, ↑family… … Useful english dictionary
liliopsid family — noun family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed • Syn: ↑monocot family • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑liliid monocot family, ↑Juncaceae, ↑family Juncaceae … Useful english dictionary
monocot family — noun family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed • Syn: ↑liliopsid family • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑liliid monocot family, ↑Juncaceae, ↑family Juncace … Useful english dictionary
palm family — the plant family Palmae (or Arecaceae; formerly, Palmaceae), characterized by chiefly tropical evergreen trees or shrubs having large compound leaves in featherlike or fanlike fronds, large clusters of small flowers, and fleshy or dry fruit, and… … Universalium
Arecaceae — noun chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales • Syn: ↑Palmae, ↑family Palmae, ↑Palmaceae, ↑family Palmaceae, ↑family Arecaceae,… … Useful english dictionary
Palmae — noun chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales • Syn: ↑family Palmae, ↑Palmaceae, ↑family Palmaceae, ↑Arecaceae, ↑family Arecaceae,… … Useful english dictionary
