also: やしか
Arecaceae; palm family
Taxonomic term for the palm family of plants. Used in botanical contexts.
Plants of the palm family are widely distributed in tropical regions.
Standard katakana spelling for the palm family; the reading ヤシか is explicitly restricted to this form.
Kanji spelling using 椰子 for 'palm'; the reading やしか is restricted to this form. Less common than the katakana version.
From ヤシ (palm) + 科 (family, taxonomic rank). The kanji spelling 椰子 is ateji for ヤシ.