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Definition of Cycad
1. Noun. Any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales; having unbranched stems with a crown of fernlike leaves.
Specialized synonyms: Cycas Revoluta, Sago Palm, Zamia, Ceratozamia, Dioon, Encephalartos, Encephalartos Caffer, Kaffir Bread, Macrozamia, Burrawong, Macrozamia Communis, Macrozamia Spiralis
Definition of Cycad
1. n. Any plant of the natural order Cycadaceæ, as the sago palm, etc.
Definition of Cycad
1. Noun. (botany) Any plant of the natural order Cycadaceae, as the sago palm, etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cycad
1. a tropical plant [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cycad
Literary usage of Cycad
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Glimpses of the Cosmos by Lester Frank Ward (1918)
"The paper was soon published in full under the title: A Famous Fossil cycad (see
infra, No. 507). Ibid., p. 723. LESTER F. WARD presented a paper on "The ..."
2. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1898)
"... Lem., a rare cycad. Bv A. . ... by whom the cycad was obtained from the central
region of South Africa. ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1896)
"A New cycad from the Isle of Portland. By A.'C. S'EWARD, MA, 'FGS Dr. Woodward lately
obtained an exceedingly fine specimen of a ..."
4. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1893)
"... the pyrite and the production of a clean high- grade merchantable zinc-blende
is the subject of another paper.—Trans. A m. Inst. Min. Eng. A NEW cycad. ..."
5. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1906)
"... persistent leaves and small inflorescence with inconspicuous flowers.
Westminster, Vt. cycad SAGO. •""I"1 HE Sago of Commerce is the product of the ..."
6. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"... cycad FAMILY. Trees or shrubs with palm-like trunks which increase by a terminal
bud ; the leaves pinnate and coiled in the bud, like ferns. ..."
7. The Geology of Sydney and the Blue Mountains: A Popular Introduction to the by John Milne Curran (1898)
"Macrozamia, a living cycad ; common in the Illawarra coastal district, and known
as far west as Dubbo. Visitors to the Blue Mountains will remember the ..."
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