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FAMILY CYCADACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ancient palmlike plants closely related to ferns in that fertilization is by means of spermatozoids
Synonyms:
cycad family; Cycadaceae; family Cycadaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Cycadaceae" is a kind of...):
gymnosperm family (a family of gymnosperms)
Meronyms (members of "family Cycadaceae"):
Cycas; 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)
Holonyms ("family Cycadaceae" is a member of...):
Cycadales; order Cycadales (primitive tropical gymnosperms abundant in the Mesozoic, now reduced to a few scattered tropical forms)