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]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Palmales n 1: coextensive with the family Palmae: palms [syn: Palmales, order Palmales]