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zamia
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Zamia
(gcide) | Zamia \Za"mi*a\, n. [L. zamia a kind of fir cone, from Gr. ?, ?,
hurt, damage. See Plin. xvi. 44.] (Bot.)
A genus of cycadaceous plants, having the appearance of low
palms, but with exogenous wood. See Coontie, and Illust. of
Strobile.
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zamia
(wn) | zamia
n 1: any of various cycads of the genus Zamia; among the
smallest and most verdant cycads |
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ceratozamia
(encz) | ceratozamia, n: |
macrozamia
(encz) | macrozamia, n: |
zamia family
(encz) | zamia family, n: |
ceratozamia
(gcide) | ceratozamia \ceratozamia\ n. (Bot.)
a small cycad of the genus Ceratozamia having a short scaly
woody trunk and fernlike foliage and woody cones; Mexico.
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Zamia
(gcide) | Zamia \Za"mi*a\, n. [L. zamia a kind of fir cone, from Gr. ?, ?,
hurt, damage. See Plin. xvi. 44.] (Bot.)
A genus of cycadaceous plants, having the appearance of low
palms, but with exogenous wood. See Coontie, and Illust. of
Strobile.
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Zamia integrifolia
(gcide) | Sago \Sa"go\ (s[=a]"g[-o]), n. [Malay. s[=a]gu.]
A dry granulated starch imported from the East Indies, much
used for making puddings and as an article of diet for the
sick; also, as starch, for stiffening textile fabrics. It is
prepared from the stems of several East Indian and Malayan
palm trees, but chiefly from the Metroxylon Sagu; also from
several cycadaceous plants (Cycas revoluta, {Zamia
integrifolia}, etc.).
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Portland sago, a kind of sago prepared from the corms of
the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum).
Sago palm. (Bot.)
(a) A palm tree which yields sago.
(b) A species of Cycas (Cycas revoluta).
Sago spleen (Med.), a morbid condition of the spleen,
produced by amyloid degeneration of the organ, in which a
cross section shows scattered gray translucent bodies
looking like grains of sago.
[1913 Webster]Coontie \Coon"tie\, n. (Bot.)
A cycadaceous plant of Florida and the West Indies, the
Zamia integrifolia, from the stems of which a kind of sago
is prepared.
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ceratozamia
(wn) | ceratozamia
n 1: a small cycad of the genus Ceratozamia having a short scaly
woody trunk and fernlike foliage and woody cones; Mexico |
family zamiaceae
(wn) | family Zamiaceae
n 1: a family of cycads often included in the family Cycadaceae:
zamias [syn: Zamiaceae, family Zamiaceae, {zamia
family}] |
genus ceratozamia
(wn) | genus Ceratozamia
n 1: small genus of Mexican cycads; sometimes classified in
family Cycadaceae |
genus macrozamia
(wn) | genus Macrozamia
n 1: genus of large evergreen Australian cycads; sometimes
classified in family Cycadaceae |
genus zamia
(wn) | genus Zamia
n 1: genus of small evergreen tropical and subtropical American
cycads |
macrozamia
(wn) | macrozamia
n 1: any treelike cycad of the genus Macrozamia having erect
trunks and pinnate leaves and large cones with sometimes
edible nuts; Australia |
macrozamia communis
(wn) | Macrozamia communis
n 1: large attractive palmlike evergreen cycad of New South
Wales [syn: burrawong, Macrozamia communis, {Macrozamia
spiralis}] |
macrozamia spiralis
(wn) | Macrozamia spiralis
n 1: large attractive palmlike evergreen cycad of New South
Wales [syn: burrawong, Macrozamia communis, {Macrozamia
spiralis}] |
zamia family
(wn) | zamia family
n 1: a family of cycads often included in the family Cycadaceae:
zamias [syn: Zamiaceae, family Zamiaceae, {zamia
family}] |
zamia pumila
(wn) | Zamia pumila
n 1: small tough woody zamia of Florida and West Indies and
Cuba; roots and half-buried stems yield an arrowroot [syn:
coontie, Florida arrowroot, Seminole bread, {Zamia
pumila}] |
zamiaceae
(wn) | Zamiaceae
n 1: a family of cycads often included in the family Cycadaceae:
zamias [syn: Zamiaceae, family Zamiaceae, {zamia
family}] |
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