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

種子に胚葉（胚の葉）が一枚だけの開花植物の属

tropical American palm having edible nuts and yielding a useful fiber

可食性のナッツと有用な繊維を産する熱帯アメリカのヤシ

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

主に熱帯の樹木や低木、つる植物で、通常は高い円柱状の幹と非常に大きな葉の冠を持つ。ヤシ目に属する。