cycads

We have found lemma(root) word of cycads : cycad.

Definitions


[ˈsʌɪkad], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a palmlike plant of tropical and subtropical regions, bearing large male or female cones. Cycads were abundant during the Triassic and Jurassic eras, but have since been in decline


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Origin:
mid 19th century: from modern Latin Cycas, Cycad- (order name), from supposed Greek kukas, scribal error for koikas, plural of koix ‘Egyptian palm’




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