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nounchiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmalestype of:
Definition that contains palmae
- palm any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves
- arecidae one of four subclasses or superorder of Monocotyledones; comprises about 6400 species in 5 families of trees and shrubs and terrestrial herbs and a few free-floating aquatics including: Palmae; Araceae; Pandanaceae and Lemnaceae
- subclass arecidae one of four subclasses or superorder of Monocotyledones; comprises about 6400 species in 5 families of trees and shrubs and terrestrial herbs and a few free-floating aquatics including: Palmae; Araceae; Pandanaceae and Lemnaceae
- order palmales coextensive with the family Palmae: palms
- palm tree any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves
- palmales coextensive with the family Palmae: palms