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cycad
CIDE DICTIONARY
cycad, n.
Any plant of the natural order Cycadaceæ , as the sago palm, etc. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cycad, n. Bot. any of the palmlike plants of the order Cycadales (including fossil forms) inhabiting tropical and subtropical regions and often growing to a great height.
Etymology
mod.L cycas, cycad- f. supposed Gk kukas, scribal error for koikas, pl. of koix Egyptian palm
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