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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.
It was the crejimba, of the palmfamily, which does not bear edible fruit.
2
The vegetation was very beautiful, and there was a wonderful variety of the palmfamily.
3
As in several other members of the palmfamily, the male and female flowers are found on different individuals.
Usage of palmae in English
1
Comparing the cycadeæ and palmæ, the former are differently placed by different botanists, but the general resemblance is remarkable, and they both yield sago.
2
(Fructus elegantissimus, squamosus, similis palmae-pini.)