genus cycas

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   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

   SynonymsCycas

   Broadergymnosperm genus

   Part ofCycadaceae

Questions about genus cycas

What does genus cycas mean?

genus 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".

What is another word for genus cycas?

Close synonyms include 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 genus cycas a common word?

genus cycas is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.