| NOUN | plant | zamia family, Zamiaceae, family Zamiaceae | a family of cycads often included in the family Cycadaceae |
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| Meaning | A family of cycads often included in the family Cycadaceae: zamias. | |
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| Synonyms | Zamiaceae, family Zamiaceae | |
| Member of | Cycadales, order Cycadales | Primitive tropical gymnosperms abundant in the Mesozoic, now reduced to a few scattered tropical forms |
| Members | genus Ceratozamia | small genus of Mexican cycads |
| genus Dioon | small genus of arborescent cycads of Mexico and Central America | |
| genus Encephalartos | genus of arborescent African cycads | |
| genus Macrozamia | genus of large evergreen Australian cycads | |
| genus Zamia | genus of small evergreen tropical and subtropical American cycads | |
| Broader | gymnosperm family | A family of gymnosperms |
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