noun
a family of cycads often included in the family Cycadaceae: zamias
• Syn: ↑family Zamiaceae, ↑zamia family
• Hypernyms: ↑gymnosperm family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cycadales, ↑order Cycadales
• Member Meronyms: ↑genus Zamia, ↑genus Ceratozamia, ↑genus Dioon, ↑genus Encephalartos, ↑genus Macrozamia
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in some classifications : a family of cycads that includes the genus Zamia and is commonly itself included in Cycadaceae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.