Palmaceae

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Palmaceae \Palmaceae\ n.
     A natural family of 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}, family {Palmaceae}, Arecaceae,


          family {Arecaceae}, palm family.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Palmaceae
       n : 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}, {family Palmaceae}, {Arecaceae}, {family
           Arecaceae}, {palm family}]