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palmae
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun palmae has 1 sense
- palmae(n = noun.plant) arecaceae, family arecaceae, family palmaceae, family palmae, palm family, palmaceae - 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; Array is a kind of liliopsid family, monocot family
is a member of order palmales, palmales
CIDE DICTIONARY
palmae, prop. n.
A natural family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs; same as Palmaceae; coextensive with the order Palmales . [WordNet 1.5]
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