Noun: palm family paam fa-mu-lee
- 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 palm family are economically important";
- Palmae, family Palmae, Palmaceae, family Palmaceae, Arecaceae, family Arecaceae
Type of: liliopsid family, monocot family
Part of: order Palmales, Palmales
Encyclopedia: Palm family