noun
primitive tropical gymnosperms abundant in the Mesozoic, now reduced to a few scattered tropical forms
• Syn: ↑Cycadales
• Hypernyms: ↑plant order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cycadopsida, ↑class Cycadopsida, ↑Cycadophytina, ↑subdivision Cycadophytina, ↑Cycadophyta, ↑subdivision Cycadophyta
• Member Meronyms: ↑Cycadaceae, ↑family Cycadaceae, ↑cycad family, ↑Zamiaceae, ↑family Zamiaceae, ↑zamia family
Useful english dictionary. 2012.