cycadaceous

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   of, relating to, or resembling cycads, especially plants of the family Cycadaceae

   Fossil beds in the region contain abundant cycadaceous leaves and stems.

From New Latin Cycadaceae, the plant-family name, + -ous. Cycadaceae is based on Cycas, from Greek kykas, a manuscript variant of koikas, the plural form of a word for a kind of palm.

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