n. A natural family of 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.
Syn. -- Palmae, family Palmae, family Palmaceae, Arecaceae, family Arecaceae, palm family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to palms; of the nature of, or resembling, palms. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L., palm of Christ. ] (Bot.) A plant (Ricinus communis) with ornamental peltate and palmately cleft foliage, growing as a woody perennial in the tropics, and cultivated as an herbaceous annual in temperate regions; -- called also castor-oil plant. [ Sometimes corrupted into palmcrist. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Paleon.) A fossil palm. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A natural family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs; same as Palmaceae; coextensive with the order Palmales.
Syn. -- family Palmae, Palmaceae, Arecaceae, family Arecaceae, palm family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A natural family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs coextensive with the family Palmae; -- the palms.
Syn. -- order Palmales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. palmaris, fr. palma the palm of the hand: cf. F. palmaire. ] 1. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or corresponding with, the palm of the hand. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the under side of the wings of birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Palmaria [ NL. See Palmar. ] (Zool.) One of the bifurcations of the brachial plates of a crinoid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Palmar. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. palmarius, palmaris, belonging to palms, deserving the palm or prize, fr. palma a palm. ] Worthy of the palm; palmy; preëminent; superior; principal; chief; as, palmary work. Br. Horne. [ 1913 Webster ]