NOUN | plant | Zamiaceae, family Zamiaceae, zamia family | 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 | family Zamiaceae, zamia family | |
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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