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dioon

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di⋅o⋅on

[dahy-oh-on]
–noun
any of several Mexican and Central American palmlike plants belonging to the genus Dioon, of the cycad family, having a crown of stiff, pinnate leaves.

Origin:
< NL (1843) < Gk di- di- 1 + ōión egg; so named because the seeds are borne in pairs
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dioon

noun
any cycad of the genus Dioon; handsome palmlike cycads with robust crowns of leaves and rugged trunks 
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