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.
- synonyms: Palmae, family Palmae, Palmaceae, family Palmaceae, family Arecaceae, palm family
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