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zamia


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Zamia  \Za"mi*a\,  n.  [L.  zamia  a  kind  of  fir  cone,  from  Gr  ?,  ?, 
  hurt,  damage.  See  Plin.  xvi.  44.]  (Bot.) 
  A  genus  of  cycadaceous  plants,  having  the  appearance  of  low 
  palms,  but  with  exogenous  wood.  See  {Coontie},  and  Illust.  of 
  {Strobile}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  zamia 
  n  :  any  of  various  cycads  of  the  genus  Zamia;  among  the  smallest 
  and  most  verdant  cycads 




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