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

a large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks

アフリカとマダガスカルに生息する、非常に長い羽状の葉を持ち、その葉柄から強力で商業的に重要な繊維を産出する大型の羽状椰子

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。