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nounany tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales; having unbranched stems with a crown of fernlike leavestype of:
Definition that contains cycad
- frond compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad
- family zamiaceae a family of cycads often included in the family Cycadaceae: zamias
- cycadophytina palmlike gymnosperms: includes the surviving order Cycadales and several extinct orders; possibly not a natural group; in some systems considered a class (Cycadopsida) and in others a subdivision (Cycadophytina or Cycadophyta)
- cycas circinalis southeastern Indian cycad with palmlike foliage
- burrawong large attractive palmlike evergreen cycad of New South Wales
- subdivision cycadophytina palmlike gymnosperms: includes the surviving order Cycadales and several extinct orders; possibly not a natural group; in some systems considered a class (Cycadopsida) and in others a subdivision (Cycadophytina or Cycadophyta)
- macrozamia any treelike cycad of the genus Macrozamia having erect trunks and pinnate leaves and large cones with sometimes edible nuts; Australia
- genus cycas 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
- genus macrozamia genus of large evergreen Australian cycads; sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae
- encephalartos any of numerous cycads of the genus Encephalartos having stout cylindrical trunks and a terminal crown of long often spiny pinnate leaves