HyperDic: cycas

English > 1 sense of the word Cycas:
NOUNplantCycas, genus Cycastype genus of Cycadaceae
English > Cycas: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningtype 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.
Synonymgenus Cycas
Member ofCycadaceae, family Cycadaceae, cycad familyancient palmlike plants closely related to ferns in that fertilization is by means of spermatozoids
Membersfalse sago, fern palm, Cycas circinalisSoutheastern Indian cycad with palmlike foliage
Broadergymnosperm genusA genus of gymnosperms
Spanishcycas, genus cycas
Catalancycas, genus cycas

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