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CYCAD

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Meaning:

Any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales; having unbranched stems with a crown of fernlike leaves

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("cycad" is a kind of...):

gymnosperm (plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cycad"):

Cycas revoluta; sago palm (dwarf palmlike cycad of Japan that yields sago)

zamia (any of various cycads of the genus Zamia; among the smallest and most verdant cycads)

ceratozamia (a small cycad of the genus Ceratozamia having a short scaly woody trunk and fernlike foliage and woody cones; Mexico)

dioon (any cycad of the genus Dioon; handsome palmlike cycads with robust crowns of leaves and rugged trunks)

encephalartos (any of numerous cycads of the genus Encephalartos having stout cylindrical trunks and a terminal crown of long often spiny pinnate leaves)

Encephalartos caffer; kaffir bread (South African cycad; the farinaceous pith of the fruit used as food)

macrozamia (any treelike cycad of the genus Macrozamia having erect trunks and pinnate leaves and large cones with sometimes edible nuts; Australia)

burrawong; Macrozamia communis; Macrozamia spiralis (large attractive palmlike evergreen cycad of New South Wales)

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