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Definition of Cycads
1. cycad [n] - See also: cycad
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cycads
Literary usage of Cycads
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1894)
"The cycads are, however, both in habit and structure quite unlike in many ...
On the other hand some of the cycads, notably the species of the genus Cycas ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1900)
"In the axial organs or stems of modern cycads the vascular tissue consists of,
in five genera, a single cylinder; in the four remaining genera, ..."
3. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"In habit the cycads generally resemble the Tree-Ferns and Palms. ... In height
cycads do not exceed about 12 metres, and usually they do not attain even ..."
4. Botany, with Agricultural Applications by John Nathan Martin (1920)
"cycads Of the Gymnosperms now in existence, the cycads bear most ... There are
nearly one hundred species of cycads. They are tropical plants but are grown ..."
5. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1907)
"... OF cycads CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE HULL BOTANICAL LABORATORY XCI FRANCES GRACE
SMITH (WITH PLATE X) The original purpose of the investigation recorded in ..."
6. Botany for Agricultural Students by John Nathan Martin (1919)
"cycads Of the Gymnosperms now in existence, the cycads bear most ... There are
nearly one hundred species of cycads. They are tropical plants but are grown ..."
7. The Geological History of Plants by John William Dawson (1888)
"The cycads constitute a singular and exceptional type in the modern world, and
are limited at present to the warmer climates, though very generally ..."
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