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Definition of Zamia

Zamia
Zamia a"mi*a, n. [L. zamia a kind of fir cone, from Gr. ?, ?, hurt, damage. See Plin. xvi. 44.] (Bot.) A genus of cycadaceous plants, having the appearance of low palms, but with exogenous wood. See Coontie, and Illust. of Strobile.

Meaning of Zamia from wikipedia

- Zamia is a genus of cycad of the family Zamiaceae, native to North America from the United States (in Georgia and Florida) throughout the West Indies...
- Zamia integrifolia, also known as coontie, is a small, tough, woody cycad native to the southeastern United States (in Florida and formerly[when?] in...
- Zamia furfuracea is a species of cycad endemic to southeastern Veracruz state in eastern Mexico. Although not a palm tree (Arecaceae), its growth habit...
- Zamia staggers is a fatal nervous disease affecting cattle, in areas where they browse on the leaves or cones of cycads. It is named after the cycad genus...
- Zamia pumila, commonly known as guáyiga or guáyara in Spanish, is a small, tough, woody cycad native to the Greater Antilles. Z. pumila was the first...
- Zamia is a genus of cycads (non-flowering plants with seeds) found in the Neotropical Realm of the Americas. As of May 2025, there are about 90 species...
- Zamia splendens is a species of cycad plant in the family Zamiaceae found in tropical rainforests in southern Mexico. Described in 1984, it was later...
- merged into the genus Zamia Zamia chigua Zamia obliqua Zamia restrepoi, formerly classified as the genus Chigua Zamia roezlii Zamia wallisii Henry Reyes...
- Zamia herrerae is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. It is threatened by habitat...
- Zamia soconuscensis is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to the Soconusco Mountains of Chiapas, Mexico. It is threatened by habitat...