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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
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cycas
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...
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Cycas is the type genus and the only genus recognised in the family Cycadaceae . About 113 species are accepted. Cycas circinalis , a species endemic to India was the first cycad species to be described and was the type of the generic name, Cycas . The ...
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Brassica oleracea, circumnutation of the radicle, of the arched hypocotyl whilst still buried beneath the ground, whilst rising above the ground and straightening itself, and when erect--Circumnutation of the cotyledons--Rate of movement--Analogous observations on various organs in species of Githago, Gossypium, Oxalis, Tropaeolum, Citrus, Aesculus, of several Leguminous and Cucurbitaceous genera, Opuntia, Helianthus, Primula, Cyclamen, Stapelia, Cerinthe, Nolana, Solanum, Beta, Ricinus, Quercus, Corylus, Pinus, Cycas, Canna, Allium, Asparagus, Phalaris, Zea, Avena, Nephrodium, and Selaginella.