genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed

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

any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes

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

any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes