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 Arecaceae

• 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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noun

: palmae

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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 including the palmettos, ornamental palms, and palms that are the source of carnauba wax, coconuts, dates, raffia, rattan, sago, and various oils.

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palm family,

a large family of woody monocotyledonous plants growing chiefly in the tropics and made up of the palms. Palms are usually unbranched trees or shrubs having large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves at the top. In different species the fruit, seed, and leaves are used for food, the wood for building, and the leaves for thatching or making paper and baskets.