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Definition of Dioon
1. Noun. Any cycad of the genus Dioon; handsome palmlike cycads with robust crowns of leaves and rugged trunks.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dioon
Literary usage of Dioon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Cycads by Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1919)
"dioon EDULE The two genera which may be confined to Mexico (Fig ... 4) are dioon
and Ceratozamia; but several species of Zamia also occur there. ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"dioon (Mexico) (fig. 4).—Characterized by the woolly scale- ... dioon edule.
leaves, and there is no regular alternation of zones such as characterizes some ..."
3. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1907)
"In habitat Ceratozamia differs decidedly from dioon, for dioon is in the open,
exposed to blazing sunlight, while Ceratozamia is in densely shaded places. ..."
4. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"dioon (Mexico) (fig. 4).—Characterized by the woolly scale- leaves and carpels
... In rare cases the pinnae of cycads arc lobed or branched: in dioon sf»nu- ..."
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