Palmales

Palmales
noun
coextensive with the family Palmae: palms
• Syn: ↑order Palmales
• Hypernyms: ↑plant order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Arecidae, ↑subclass Arecidae
• Member Meronyms:

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\\palˈmā(ˌ)lēz, päˈm-\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin palma palm + New Latin -ales
: a large order of chiefly tropical monocotyledonous plants that is coextensive with the family Palmae and in some classifications includes also the Cyclanthales

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  • PALMALES — Les Palmiers forment un ordre de Monocotylédones (Palmales) comprenant une seule famille, celle des Palmae ou Arécacées. Linné les qualifiait de princes du monde végétal (Principes ). Ils sont importants à plus d’un titre. Tout d’abord, ils… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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

  • palmales — palma·les …   English syllables

  • order Palmales — noun coextensive with the family Palmae: palms • Syn: ↑Palmales • Hypernyms: ↑plant order • Member Holonyms: ↑Arecidae, ↑subclass Arecidae • Memb …   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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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