family Palmae

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
Hypernyms: ↑monocot family, ↑liliopsid family
Member Holonyms: ↑Palmales, ↑order Palmales
Member Meronyms:
palm, ↑palm tree, ↑Acrocomia, ↑genus Acrocomia, ↑genus Areca, ↑Arenga, ↑genus Arenga, ↑Attalea, ↑genus Attalea, ↑Borassus, ↑genus Borassus, ↑genus Calamus, ↑Caryota, ↑genus Caryota, ↑Ceroxylon, ↑genus Ceroxylon, ↑Cocos, ↑genus Cocos, ↑Copernicia, ↑genus Copernicia, ↑genus Corozo, ↑Corypha, ↑genus Corypha, ↑Elaeis, ↑genus Elaeis, ↑Euterpe, ↑genus Euterpe, ↑Livistona, ↑genus Livistona, ↑Metroxylon, ↑genus Metroxylon, ↑Nipa, ↑genus Nipa, ↑Nypa, ↑genus Nypa, ↑Orbignya, ↑genus Orbignya, ↑phoenicophorium, ↑genus Phoenicophorium, ↑phoenix, ↑genus Phoenix, ↑phytelephas, ↑genus Phytelephas, ↑Raffia, ↑genus Raffia, ↑Raphia, ↑genus Raphia, ↑Rhapis, ↑genus Rhapis, ↑Roystonea, ↑genus Roystonea, ↑Sabal, ↑genus Sabal, ↑Serenoa, ↑genus Serenoa, ↑Thrinax, ↑genus Thrinax

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  • Palmae — prop. n. A natural family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs; same as {Palmaceae}; coextensive with the order {Palmales}. Syn: family {Palmae}, {Palmaceae}, {Arecaceae}, family {Arecaceae}, palm family. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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

  • 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 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, ↑Palmaceae, ↑Arecaceae, ↑family Arecaceae, ↑palm… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Palmae — Pal·mae (pahlґme) the palms, a family of evergreen trees, shrubs, and woody vines, generally found in tropical regions. Genera of medical interest include Areca, Cocos, Copernicia, and Cycas. Called also Palmaceae …   Medical 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

  • List of foliage plant diseases (Palmae) — This is a list of diseases of foliage plants belonging to the family Palmae.Plant SpeciesNematodes, parasiticReferences* [http://www.apsnet.org/online/common/names/foliage.asp Common Names of Diseases, The American Phytopathological Society] …   Wikipedia

  • 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

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