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cycadales |
cycadofilicales |
cycadophyta |
cycadophytina |
cycadopsida |
cycas
| cycas circinalis
| cycas revoluta
| cyclades
| cycladic civilisation
| cycladic civilization
cycas
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun cycas has 1 sense
- cycas(n = noun.plant) genus cycas - type genus of Cycadaceae: genus of widely distributed Old World evergreen tropical trees having pinnate leaves and columnar stems covered with persistent bases of old leaves; Array is a kind of gymnosperm genus
is a member of cycad family, cycadaceae, family cycadaceae
CIDE DICTIONARY
cycas, n. [Of uncertain origin. Linnæus derives it from one of the “obscure Greek words.”].
A genus of trees, intermediate in character between the palms and the pines. The pith of the trunk of some species furnishes a valuable kind of sago. [1913 Webster]
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