cycad family

Noun
  1. Ancient palmlike plants closely related to ferns in that fertilization is by means of spermatozoids (synset 111621122)
    is a type of: gymnosperm family - a family of gymnosperms
    member holonym: cycas, genus cycas - 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
    belongs to: cycadales, order cycadales - primitive tropical gymnosperms abundant in the Mesozoic, now reduced to a few scattered tropical forms
    same as: cycadaceae, family cycadaceae

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