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• 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

• palm family — the plant family Palmae (or Arecaceae; formerly, Palmaceae), characterized by chiefly tropical evergreen trees or shrubs having large compound leaves in featherlike or fanlike fronds, large clusters of small flowers, and fleshy or dry fruit, and… …   Universalium

• palm-grass — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a tall perennial Indian grass (Setaria palmifolia) that has large showy plicate blades and a long loose panicle and that is often cultivated as an ornamental in warm regions …   Useful english dictionary

• Carpentaria palm — /kär pən tä ri ə päm/ noun An ornamental palm tree growing around the Gulf of Carpentaria in N Australia …   Useful english dictionary

• date palm — any of several date bearing palms of the genus Phoenix, esp. P. dactylifera, having a stem reaching a height of 60 ft. (18 m) and terminating in a crown of pinnate leaves. [1830 40] * * * Tree (Phoenix dactylifera) of the palm family, found in… …   Universalium

• sago palm — noun 1. any of various tropical Asian palm trees the trunks of which yield sago • Hypernyms: ↑palm, ↑palm tree • Hyponyms: ↑sugar palm, ↑gomuti, ↑gomuti palm, ↑Arenga pinnata, ↑wine palm …   Useful english dictionary

• Canary Island Date Palm — taxobox name = Canary Island Date Palm image caption = Phoenix canariensis regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Monocots unranked ordo = Commelinids ordo = Arecales familia = Arecaceae genus = Phoenix species = P.… …   Wikipedia

• oil palm — an African feather palm, Elaeis guineensis, the fruits of which yield palm oil. [1715 25] * * * ▪ tree (Elaeis guineensis)        African tree cultivated as a source of oil in West and Central Africa, where it originated, and in Malaysia and… …   Universalium

• Cocoa palm — Cocoa Co coa (k[=o] k[ o]), n., Cocoa palm Co coa palm (k[=o] k[ o] p[aum]m )[Sp. & Pg. coco cocoanut, in Sp. also, cocoa palm. The Portuguese name is said to have been given from the monkeylike face at the base of the nut, fr. Pg. coco a bugbear …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Royal Palm (turkey) — The Royal Palm is a breed of domestic turkey. One of the only turkeys not primarily selected for meat production, the Royal Palm is best known as an ornamental bird with a unique appearance. Primarily kept as an exhibition bird, or on small farms …   Wikipedia

• kentia palm — /ken tee euh/ a palm, Howea forsterana, of Lord Howe Island, Australia, having erect leaves, widely cultivated as an ornamental. Also called sentry palm. [1905 10; < NL Kentia an earlier genus name, after William Kent (died ca. 1828), British… …   Universalium