Thesaurus: cycas

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1. n. A genus of trees, intermediate in character between the palms and the pines. The pith of the trunk of some species furnishes a valuable kind of sago.
2. A genus of trees, intermediate in character between the palms and the pines. The pith of the trunk of some species furnishes a valuable kind of sago.
3. A genus of trees, intermediate in character between the palmsand the pines. The pith of the trunk of some species furnishes avaluable kind of sago.
4. n. 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