HyperDic: family_cycadaceae

English > 1 sense of the expression family Cycadaceae:
NOUNplantfamily Cycadaceae, Cycadaceae, cycad familyancient palmlike plants closely related to ferns in that fertilization is by means of spermatozoids
English > family Cycadaceae: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningancient palmlike plants closely related to ferns in that fertilization is by means of spermatozoids.
SynonymsCycadaceae, cycad family
Member ofCycadales, order CycadalesPrimitive tropical gymnosperms abundant in the Mesozoic, now reduced to a few scattered tropical forms
MembersCycas, genus Cycastype genus of Cycadaceae
Broadergymnosperm familyA family of gymnosperms
Spanishcicadáceas, Cycadaceae
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