Meaning | Any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales; having unbranched stems with a crown of fernlike leaves. |
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Narrower | burrawong, Macrozamia communis, Macrozamia spiralis | large attractive palmlike evergreen cycad of New South Wales |
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ceratozamia | A small cycad of the genus Ceratozamia having a short scaly woody trunk and fernlike foliage and woody cones |
dioon | Any cycad of the genus Dioon |
encephalartos | Any of numerous cycads of the genus Encephalartos having stout cylindrical trunks and a terminal crown of long often spiny pinnate leaves |
kaffir bread, Encephalartos caffer | South African cycad |
macrozamia | Any treelike cycad of the genus Macrozamia having erect trunks and pinnate leaves and large cones with sometimes edible nuts |
sago palm, Cycas revoluta | Dwarf palmlike cycad of Japan that yields sago |
zamia | Any of various cycads of the genus Zamia |
Broader | gymnosperm | plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary |
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Spanish | cicadácea, cycadophyta |
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Catalan | cicadàcia, cicadofití |
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