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GENUS ENCEPHALARTOS

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Meaning:

Genus of arborescent African cycads; sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Encephalartos" is a kind of...):

gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)

Meronyms (members of "genus Encephalartos"):

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)

Holonyms ("genus Encephalartos" is a member of...):

family Zamiaceae; zamia family; Zamiaceae (a family of cycads often included in the family Cycadaceae: zamias)

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