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cycas |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cycas \Cy"cas\ (s?"k?s), n. [Of uncertain origin. Linn[ae]us derives it from one of the ``obscure Greek words.''] (Bot.) A genus of trees, intermediate in character between the palms and the pines. The pith of the trunk of some species furnishes a valuable kind of sago. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Cycas n : 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 [syn: {Cycas}, {genus Cycas}]
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