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Meanings of palm family in English

Portuguese
arecaceae

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.

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      Usage of palm family in English
      1
      It was the crejimba, of the palm family, which does not bear edible fruit.
      The Mysterious Island
      2
      The vegetation was very beautiful, and there was a wonderful variety of the palm family.
      Wanderings among South Sea Savages and in Borneo and the Philipp...
      3
      As in several other members of the palm family, the male and female flowers are found on different individuals.
      Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 443 / Volume 17, New Series, J...
      Translations for palm family