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GENUS ENCEPHALARTOS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of arborescent African cycads; sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Encephalartos" is a kind of...):
gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)
Meronyms (members of "genus Encephalartos"):
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)
Holonyms ("genus Encephalartos" is a member of...):
family Zamiaceae; zamia family; Zamiaceae (a family of cycads often included in the family Cycadaceae: zamias)
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