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| chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; 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 ❲Arecaceae, Palmae, Palmaceae❳ | |||
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| any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves |