#palm_tree__palm  any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves
  supertype:  #tree  a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
  member of:  #family_Palmae
  subtype:  #sago_palm  any of various tropical Asian palm trees the trunks of which yield sago
     subtype:  #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
     subtype:  #wine_palm__jaggery_palm__jaggerypalm__kitul__kittul__kitul_tree__kitultree__toddy_alm__toddyalm__Caryota_urens__caryotauren  fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago
     subtype:  #true_sago_palm__Metroxylon_sagu  Malaysian palm whose pithy trunk yields sago--a starch used as a food thickener and fabric stiffener; Malaya to Fiji
  subtype:  #feather_palm__featherpalm  palm having pinnate or featherlike leaves
     subtype:  #coyol_palm__coyolpalm__coyol__Acrocomia_vinifera  tropical American palm having edible nuts and yielding a useful fiber
     subtype:  #grugru_palm__grugru__gri-gri__grigri__macamba__Acrocomia_aculeata  tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts
     subtype:  #areca  any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts
        subtype:  #betel_palm__betelpalm__Areca_catechu  southeastern Asian palm bearing betel nuts (scarlet or orange single-seeded fruit with a fibrous husk)
     subtype:  #piassava_palm__pissaba_palm__pissabapalm__Bahia_piassava__bahia_coquilla__bahiacoquilla__Attalea_funifera  Brazilian palm yielding fibers used in making ropes, mats, and brushes
     subtype:  #wax_palm__waxpalm__ceroxylonandicola__Ceroxylon_alpinum  palm of the Andes yielding a resinous wax which is mixed with tallow to make candles
     subtype:  #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
        subtype:  #African_oil_palm__Elaeis_guineensis  oil palm of Africa
        subtype:  #American_oil_palm__Elaeis_oleifera  palm of Central and South America
     subtype:  #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
     subtype:  #cohune_palm__Orbignya_cohune__cohune  tropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory
     subtype:  #date_palm__Phoenix_dactylifera  tall tropical feather palm tree native to Syria bearing sweet edible fruit
     subtype:  #ivory_palm__ivorypalm__ivory-nut_palm__ivorynutpalm__ivory_plant__ivoryplant__Phytelephas_macrocarpa  a stemless palm tree of Brazil and Peru bearing ivory nuts
  subtype:  #fan_palm__fanpalm  palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves
     subtype:  #palmetto  any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leaves
        subtype:  #cabbage_palmetto__cabbagepalmetto__cabbage_palm__cabbagepalm__sabalpalmetto  low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds
     subtype:  #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
     subtype:  #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
     subtype:  #caranday__caranda__caranda_palm__carandapalm__wax_palm__waxpalm__coperniciaaustrali__Copernicia_alba  South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax
     subtype:  #gebang_palm__Corypha_utan__Corypha_gebanga  large-leaved palm of Malay to Philippines and northern Australia; leaves used for thatching or plaiting into containers
     subtype:  #latanier_palm__latanier  fan palms of the southern United States and the Caribbean region
     subtype:  #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
     subtype:  #saw_palmetto__sawpalmetto__scrub_palmetto__scrubpalmetto__Serenoa_repens  small hardy clump-forming spiny palm of southern United States
     subtype:  #thatch_palm__thatch_tree__silver_thatch__broom_palm__broompalm__thrinaxparviflora  small palm of southern Florida and West Indies closely resembling the silvertop palmetto
     subtype:  #key_palm__keypalm__silvertoppalmetto__silver_thatch__Thrinax_microcarpa__Thrinax_morrisii__Thrinax_keyensis  small stocky fan palm of southern Florida and Cuba
  subtype:  #calamus.palm_tree__calamu  any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes
     subtype:  #rattan_palm__rattan__Calamus_rotang  climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for Malacca canes
     subtype:  #lawyer_cane__Calamus_australis  tall scrambling spiny palm of northeastern Queensland Australia
  subtype:  #fishtail_palm  attractive East Indian palm having distinctive bipinnate foliage
  subtype:  #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
  subtype:  #corozo_palm__corozo  any of several tropical American palms bearing corozo nuts
  subtype:  #Euterpe_oleracea__cabbage_palm__cabbagepalm  Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young
  subtype:  #cabbage_tree__cabbagetree__cabbagepalm__livistonaaustrali  Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
  subtype:  #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
  subtype:  #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
     subtype:  #jupati_palm__jupati__jupaty__Raffia_taedigera  a tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes
     subtype:  #bamboo_palm__Raffia_vinifera  a palm of the genus Raffia
  subtype:  #lady_palm  any of several small palms of the genus Rhapis; cultivated as houseplants
     subtype:  #miniature_fan_palm__miniaturefanpalm__bamboo_palm__fern_rhapis__Rhapis_excelsa  small graceful palm with reedlike stems and leaf bases clothed with loose coarse fibers
     subtype:  #reed_rhapis__slender_lady_palm__Rhapis_humilis  Chinese lady palm with more slender stems and finer sheath fibers than Rhapis excelsa
  subtype:  #royal_palm__royalpalm__Roystonea_regia  tall feather palm of southern Florida and Cuba
  subtype:  #cabbage_palm__cabbagepalm__roystoneaoleracea  West Indian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young

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