#family_Palmae__Palmae__Palmaceae__family_Palmaceae__Arecaceae__family_Arecaceae__palm_family  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
  supertype:  #monocot_family__monocotfamily__liliopsid_family__liliopsidfamily  family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
  member of:  #order_Palmales
  member:  #palm_tree__palm  any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves
  member:  #genus_Acrocomia__Acrocomia  Central and South American feather palms
     member:  #coyol_palm__coyolpalm__coyol__Acrocomia_vinifera  tropical American palm having edible nuts and yielding a useful fiber
  member:  #genus_Areca  a monocotyledonous genus of palm trees
     member:  #areca  any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts
  member:  #genus_Arenga__Arenga  a genus of tropical Asian and Malaysian palm trees
     member:  #sugar_palm__sugarpalm__gomuti__gomuti_palm__Arenga_pinnata  Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers; yields a sweet sap used in wine and trunk pith yields sago
  member:  #genus_Attalea__Attalea  unarmed feather palms of central and northern South America
     member:  #piassava_palm__pissaba_palm__pissabapalm__Bahia_piassava__bahia_coquilla__bahiacoquilla__Attalea_funifera  Brazilian palm yielding fibers used in making ropes, mats, and brushes
  member:  #genus_Borassus__Borassus  palmyra
     member:  #palmyra_palm__palmyrapalm__palmyra__toddy_palm__toddypalm__wine_palm__lontar__longar_palm__Borassus_flabellifer  tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving
  member:  #genus_Calamus  distinctive often spiny-stemmed palms found as climbers in tropical and subtropical forest
     member:  #calamus.palm_tree__calamu  any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes
  member:  #genus_Caryota__Caryota  fishtail palms
     member:  #fishtail_palm  attractive East Indian palm having distinctive bipinnate foliage
  member:  #Ceroxylon__genus_ceroxylon__genusceroxylon  wax palms
     member:  #wax_palm__waxpalm__ceroxylonandicola__Ceroxylon_alpinum  palm of the Andes yielding a resinous wax which is mixed with tallow to make candles
  member:  #genus_Cocos__Cocos  coconut palms
     member:  #coconut_palm__coconutpalm__coco_palm__coco__cocoa_palm__cocoapalm__coconut_tree__coconuttree__cocosnucifera  tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics
  member:  #genus_Copernicia__Copernicia  slow-growing tropical fan palms
     member:  #carnauba_palm__carnauba__wax_palm__waxpalm__coperniciaprunifera__Copernicia_cerifera  Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax
     member:  #caranday__caranda__caranda_palm__carandapalm__wax_palm__waxpalm__coperniciaaustrali__Copernicia_alba  South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax
  member:  #genus_Corozo  a monocotyledonous genus of tropical American palm trees
     member:  #corozo_palm__corozo  any of several tropical American palms bearing corozo nuts
  member:  #genus_Corypha__Corypha  large fan palms of tropical Asia to Australia
     member:  #gebang_palm__Corypha_utan__Corypha_gebanga  large-leaved palm of Malay to Philippines and northern Australia; leaves used for thatching or plaiting into containers
     member:  #talipot_palm__talipotpalm__talipot__Corypha_umbraculifera  tall palm of southern India and Sri Lanka with gigantic leaves used as umbrellas and fans or cut into strips for writing paper
  member:  #genus_Elaeis__Elaeis  oil palms
     member:  #oil_palm__oilpalm  pinnate-leaved palms of the genus Elaeis having dense clusters of crowded flowers and bright red fruit and yielding high quality palm oils
  member:  #genus_Euterpe__Euterpe  a monocotyledonous genus of graceful palm trees in tropical America
     member:  #Euterpe_oleracea__cabbage_palm__cabbagepalm  Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young
  member:  #genus_Livistona__Livistona  fan palms of Asia and Australia and Malaysia
     member:  #cabbage_tree__cabbagetree__cabbagepalm__livistonaaustrali  Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
  member:  #genus_Metroxylon__Metroxylon  a genus of Malayan pinnate-leaved palm trees that flower and fruit once and then die
  member:  #genus_Nipa__Nipa__Nypa__genus_Nypa  monotypic genus of palms of Australasia
     member:  #nipa_palm__Nipa_fruticans  any creeping semiaquatic feather palm of the genus Nipa found in mangrove swamps and tidal estuaries; its sap is used for a liquor; leaves are used for thatch; fruit has edible seeds
  member:  #genus_Orbignya__Orbignya  palms of southern Mexico to northern South America: babassu palm
     member:  #babassu_palm__babassupalm__babassu__coco_de_macao__Orbignya_phalerata__Orbignya_spesiosa__Orbignya_martiana  tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory
     member:  #cohune_palm__Orbignya_cohune__cohune  tropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory
  member:  #genus_Phoenicophorium__Phoenicophorium  latanier palm
     member:  #latanier_palm__latanier  fan palms of the southern United States and the Caribbean region
  member:  #genus_Phoenix__Phoenix  a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa
  member:  #genus_Phytelephas__Phytelephas  small genus of South American feather palms
     member:  #ivory_palm__ivorypalm__ivory-nut_palm__ivorynutpalm__ivory_plant__ivoryplant__Phytelephas_macrocarpa  a stemless palm tree of Brazil and Peru bearing ivory nuts
  member:  #genus_Raffia__Raffia__Raphia__genus_Raphia  feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes
     member:  #raffia_palm__Raffia_farinifera__Raffia_ruffia  a large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks
  member:  #genus_Rhapis__Rhapis  genus of small clump-forming fan palms of China and Japan
     member:  #lady_palm  any of several small palms of the genus Rhapis; cultivated as houseplants
  member:  #genus_Roystonea__Roystonea  a monocotyledonous genus of West Indian feather palms
     member:  #royal_palm__royalpalm__Roystonea_regia  tall feather palm of southern Florida and Cuba
     member:  #cabbage_palm__cabbagepalm__roystoneaoleracea  West Indian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
  member:  #genus_Sabal__Sabal  American dwarf fan palms
     member:  #cabbage_palmetto__cabbagepalmetto__cabbage_palm__cabbagepalm__sabalpalmetto  low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds
  member:  #genus_Serenoa__Serenoa  one species: saw palmetto
     member:  #saw_palmetto__sawpalmetto__scrub_palmetto__scrubpalmetto__Serenoa_repens  small hardy clump-forming spiny palm of southern United States
  member:  #genus_Thrinax__Thrinax  small to medium-sized fan palms
     member:  #thatch_palm__thatch_tree__silver_thatch__broom_palm__broompalm__thrinaxparviflora  small palm of southern Florida and West Indies closely resembling the silvertop palmetto
     member:  #key_palm__keypalm__silvertoppalmetto__silver_thatch__Thrinax_microcarpa__Thrinax_morrisii__Thrinax_keyensis  small stocky fan palm of southern Florida and Cuba

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