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Any of various cycads of the genus Zamia
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Zamia is a genus of cycad of the family Zamiaceae , native to Mexico , the West Indies ,and Central and South America as far south as Bolivia . The range of one species ( Z. integrifolia , extends into the contiguous United States , i.e. Georgia and Florida ...
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n. Any of various cycads of the genus ''Zamia''
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n. any of various cycads of the genus Zamia; among the smallest and most verdant cycads
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Zamia \Za"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 .
Usage examples of zamia.
Interspersed amongst them were zamia palms and scattered here and there were a few marri, wandoo and mallee gums.
The following list of articles, forming the food of the West Australian, is from the Journal of the last-named explorer:--Six sorts of kangaroo, twenty-nine sorts of fish, one kind of whale, two species of seal, wild dogs, three kinds of turtle, emus, wild turkeys, two species of opossum, eleven kinds of frogs, four kinds of fresh water shell fish, every sort of sea shell fish, except oysters, four kinds of edible grubs, eggs of birds awl lizards, five animals of the rabbit class, eight sorts of snakes, seven sorts of iguanas, nine species of mice and rats, twenty-nine sorts of roots, seven kinds of fungis, four sorts of gum, two sorts of manna, two species of by-yu, or the nut of the zamia palm, two species of mesembry and themum, two kinds of small nuts, four sorts of wild fruit, besides the seeds of several plants.