单词 | cycad |
释义 | cycad Bot.|ˈsaɪkəd| [ad mod.L. generic name Cycas, -adis, a. supposed Gr. κύκας found in old edd. of Theophrastus, but now known to be a scribal error for κόϊκας acc. pl. of κόϊξ, the Egyptian doum-palm: see Liddell and Scott.] A plant of the genus Cycas which gives its name to the Cycadaceæ, a family of Gymnosperms, related to the Conifers, but in appearance resembling palms, and having affinity with tree-ferns.
1845Lindley Veg. Kingd. (1853) 224 The near relation of conifers and cycads. 1883Sunday Mag. 547/1 Her Majesty planted in the gardens..a splendid Chinese cycad. |

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