PALMAE

Palmae, family Palmae, Palmaceae, family Palmaceae, Arecaceae, family Arecaceae, palm family

(noun) 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

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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