Any of various chiefly tropical evergreen trees, shrubs, or woody vines of the family Palmae(or Arecaceae), characteristically having unbranched trunks with a crown of large pinnate or palmate leaves having conspicuous parallel venation.

• 棕榈科植物棕榈科（或槟榔科）的各种主要的热带常绿树、灌木或木质藤本植物，特点为有无分支的树干，其顶端集生羽状或掌状的树叶，并带有明显的平行叶脉