Palmae

2 definitions found

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

  Palmae \Palmae\ prop. n.
     A natural family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs; same
     as {Palmaceae}; coextensive with the order {Palmales}.
  
     Syn: family {Palmae}, {Palmaceae}, {Arecaceae}, family
          {Arecaceae}, palm family.


          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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