| / English Dictionary |
CYCAD
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales; having unbranched stems with a crown of fernlike leaves
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cycad" is a kind of...):
gymnosperm (plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cycad"):
Cycas revoluta; sago palm (dwarf palmlike cycad of Japan that yields sago)
zamia (any of various cycads of the genus Zamia; among the smallest and most verdant cycads)
ceratozamia (a small cycad of the genus Ceratozamia having a short scaly woody trunk and fernlike foliage and woody cones; Mexico)
dioon (any cycad of the genus Dioon; handsome palmlike cycads with robust crowns of leaves and rugged trunks)
encephalartos (any of numerous cycads of the genus Encephalartos having stout cylindrical trunks and a terminal crown of long often spiny pinnate leaves)
Encephalartos caffer; kaffir bread (South African cycad; the farinaceous pith of the fruit used as food)
macrozamia (any treelike cycad of the genus Macrozamia having erect trunks and pinnate leaves and large cones with sometimes edible nuts; Australia)
burrawong; Macrozamia communis; Macrozamia spiralis (large attractive palmlike evergreen cycad of New South Wales)
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
