palm tree

1. Any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves (synset 112602979)
   is a type of: tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
   subtypes:

   • sago palm - any of various tropical Asian palm trees the trunks of which yield sago
   • feather palm - palm having pinnate or featherlike leaves
   • fan palm - palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves
   • calamus - any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes
   • fishtail palm - attractive East Indian palm having distinctive bipinnate foliage
   • coco, coco palm, cocoa palm, coconut, coconut palm, coconut tree, cocos nucifera - tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics
   • corozo, corozo palm - any of several tropical American palms bearing corozo nuts
   • cabbage palm, euterpe oleracea - Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young
   • cabbage palm, cabbage tree, livistona australis - Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
   • nipa fruticans, nipa palm - 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
   • raffia farinifera, raffia palm, raffia ruffia - a large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks
   • lady palm - any of several small palms of the genus Rhapis; cultivated as houseplants
   • royal palm, roystonea regia - tall feather palm of southern Florida and Cuba
   • cabbage palm, roystonea oleracea - West Indian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
   belongs to: arecaceae, family arecaceae, family palmaceae, family palmae, palm family, palmaceae, palmae - 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
   same as: palm

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