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Definition of: cycad
(sī′kad) noun
Any of a small family (Cycadaceae) of primitive, seed-bearing, mostly tropical plants of fernlike or palmlike appearance. [<NL Cycas, -adis <Gk. kykas, a copyist's error for koïkas, accusative plural of koïx a palm tree]
—cyc·a·da·ceous (sik′ə·dā′shəs) adjective
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