noun
coextensive with the family Palmae: palms
• Syn: ↑order Palmales
• Hypernyms: ↑plant order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Arecidae, ↑subclass Arecidae
• Member Meronyms:
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\\palˈmā(ˌ)lēz, päˈm-\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: a large order of chiefly tropical monocotyledonous plants that is coextensive with the family Palmae and in some classifications includes also the Cyclanthales
Useful english dictionary. 2012.