cycad
cycad
[ˈsʌɪkad]
noun
[ˈsʌɪkad]
noun
- a palm-like plant of tropical and subtropical regions, bearing large male or female cones. Cycads were abundant during the Triassic and Jurassic eras, but have since been in decline
苏铁 - Class Cycadopsida, subdivision Gymnospermae: twenty species in the genus Cycas and family Cycadaceae
苏铁纲，裸子植物亚门： 苏铁科及苏铁属共20种
- mid 19th cent.: from modern Latin Cycas, Cycad- (order name), from supposed Greek kukas, scribal error for koikas, plural of koix 'Egyptian palm'
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