zamia

Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

zamia(n = noun.plant) - any of various cycads of the genus Zamia; among the smallest and most verdant cycads;

is a member of genus zamia

has particulars: coontie, florida arrowroot, seminole bread, zamia pumila

zamia, n. [L. zamia a kind of fir cone, from Gr. , , hurt, damage. See Plin. xvi. 44.].

A genus of cycadaceous plants, having the appearance of low palms, but with exogenous wood. See Coontie, and Illust. of Strobile. [1913 Webster]

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