cycas

1. 1.

   type genus of Cycadaceae: genus of widely distributed Old World evergreen tropical trees having pinnate leaves and columnar stems covered with persistent bases of old leaves

   Synonymsgenus Cycas

   Broadergymnosperm genus

   Part ofCycadaceae

Other forms of cycas

plural

cycases·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cycas

What does cycas mean?

cycas means "type genus of Cycadaceae: genus of widely distributed Old World evergreen tropical trees having pinnate leaves and columnar stems covered with persistent bases of old leaves".

How many syllables are in cycas?

cycas has 2 syllables: cy-cas. The stress falls on "cy".

What is another word for cycas?

Close synonyms include genus Cycas. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cycas a common word?

cycas is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.