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cycas

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cy⋅cas

[sahy-kas, -kuhs]
–noun
any of several palmlike Old World tropical plants of the genus Cycas, some species of which are cultivated as ornamentals in warm climates.

Origin:
< NL; see cycad
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cycas

noun
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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