noun
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: ↑genus Cycas
• Hypernyms: ↑gymnosperm genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cycadaceae, ↑family Cycadaceae, ↑cycad family
• Member Meronyms: ↑false sago, ↑fern palm, ↑Cycas circinalis
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\\ˈsīˌkas, -_kəs\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, perhaps from Greek kykas, MS variant of koïkas, accusative plural of koïx doom palm (Hyphaene thebaica)
: a genus (the type of the family Cycadaceae) of widely distributed tropical trees having pinnate leaves and columnar stems covered with the persisting bases of the old leaves — see sago palm
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/suy"kas, -keuhs/, n.
any of several palmlike Old World tropical plants of the genus Cycas, some species of which are cultivated as ornamentals in warm climates.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.