palmales

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Palmales
    n 1: coextensive with the family Palmae: palms [syn: {Palmales},
         {order Palmales}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Palmales \Palmales\ prop. n.
   A natural family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs
   coextensive with the family {Palmae}; -- the palms.

   Syn: order {Palmales}.
        [WordNet 1.5]