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Definition of Genus macrozamia
1. Noun. Genus of large evergreen Australian cycads; sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae.
Group relationships: Family Zamiaceae, Zamia Family, Zamiaceae
Member holonyms: Macrozamia, Burrawong, Macrozamia Communis, Macrozamia Spiralis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Macrozamia
Literary usage of Genus macrozamia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1904)
"Ten species of the Australian genus Macrozamia are natives of New South Wales,
and one of these, If. heteromera, described in by ..."
2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1849)
"The genus Macrozamia, the scales of whose cone, whether male or female, are
distinguished by terminating in a single spine, directed upwards, appears to be ..."
3. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1850)
"The genus Macrozamia, the scales of whose cone, whether male or female, are
distinguished by terminating in a single spine, directed upwards, appears to be ..."
4. The Intellectual Observer (1864)
"The genus Macrozamia has a wide distribution in Australia. The nuts of Macrozamia
spirali* form an article of food in times of scarcity ; they have, ..."
5. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1884)
"September 5—Notes on the genus Macrozamia, with descriptions of some new species.
By Charles Moore, FLS, VP September 5—A list of Double Stars. ..."
6. First Supplementary Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Colonial Institute by James Rufus Boosé (1901)
"Notes on the genus macrozamia, 1883. Pamp. 177. Census of Plants of New South Wales.
8vo. 1884. Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales. 8vo. 1893. ..."