1. 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
   "Many species in the family Arecaceae are economically important";
   - Palmae, family Palmae, Palmaceae, family Palmaceae, Arecaceae, palm family

Type of: liliopsid family, monocot family

Part of: order Palmales, Palmales