Noun: family Palmae
- 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 Palmae are economically important";
- Palmae, Palmaceae, family Palmaceae, Arecaceae, family Arecaceae, palm family
Type of: liliopsid family, monocot family
Part of: order Palmales, Palmales