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    CYCAD FAMILY

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Ancient palmlike plants closely related to ferns in that fertilization is by means of spermatozoidsplay

    Synonyms:

    cycad family; Cycadaceae; family Cycadaceae

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    Nouns denoting plants

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

    gymnosperm family (a family of gymnosperms)

    Meronyms (members of "cycad family"):

    Cycas; genus Cycas (type 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)

    Holonyms ("cycad family" is a member of...):

    Cycadales; order Cycadales (primitive tropical gymnosperms abundant in the Mesozoic, now reduced to a few scattered tropical forms)

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