cycadaceous C2+ Topic:Plants & Agriculture US /ˌsaɪkəˈdeɪʃəs/ UK /ˌsaɪkəˈdeɪʃəs/ See IPA manual Meanings 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. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · of, relating to, or... cycadeancycad-like Word family Related forms cycadCycadaceaegymnospermsago palm Etymology 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. Topics Plants & Agriculture External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # cycadaceous **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˌsaɪkəˈdeɪʃəs/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌsaɪkəˈdeɪʃəs/ ## Meanings 1. of, relating to, or resembling cycads, especially plants of the family Cycadaceae ## Examples - Fossil beds in the region contain abundant cycadaceous leaves and stems. ## Synonyms - cycadean - cycad-like ## Related Forms - cycad - Cycadaceae - gymnosperm - sago palm ## Etymology 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. ## Topics - Plants & Agriculture markdown