Definition of Cycas. Meaning of Cycas. Synonyms of Cycas

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Definition of Cycas

Cycas
Cycas Cy"cas (s?"k?s), n. [Of uncertain origin. Linn[ae]us derives it from one of the ``obscure Greek words.'] (Bot.) A genus of trees, intermediate in character between the palms and the pines. The pith of the trunk of some species furnishes a valuable kind of sago.

Meaning of Cycas from wikipedia

- The genus Cycas is native to parts of Asia, eastern Africa and Oceania. Cycas has the widest distribution of any genus of cycad. In Asia, Cycas (and therefore...
- Cycas revoluta (Sotetsu [****anese ソテツ], sago cycad, sago palm, king sago, ****anese sago palm) is a species of gymnosperm in the family Cycadaceae, native...
- compound. The Australian genus Bowenia and some Asian species of Cycas, like Cycas multipinnata, C. micholitzii and C. debaoensis, have leaves that are...
- Cycas circinalis, also known as the queen sago, is a species of cycad known in the wild only from southern India. Cycas circinalis is the only gymnosperm...
- Cycas rumphii, commonly known as queen sago or the queen sago palm, is a dioecious gymnosperm, a species of cycad in the genus Cycas native to Indonesia...
- Ottley, H. (2010). "Cycas orientis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T41992A10598037. Retrieved 26 June 2022. "Cycas orientis". Palm and...
- Cycas pruinosa is a small to medium species of cycad, a palm-like seed plant. It is a widespread but sporadic species in the eastern and southern Kimberley...
- Cycas seemannii is a species of cycad found in Fiji, Vanuatu (in Efate), Tonga, and New Caledonia. In Vanuatu, the cycad is known as namele and is an...
- Cycas zeylanica, common name (in Sri Lanka) maha-madu is a plant apparently at present endemic to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It was formerly also...
- Cycas pectinata was the fourth species of Cycas to be named; it was described in 1826 by Scottish surgeon and botanist Francis Buchanan-Hamilton from...