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‖ Zamia Bot.|ˈzeɪmɪə|
[mod.L. (Linnæus, 1767), taken from zamiæ, misreading for azaniæ pine-nuts which open on the tree, in Pliny N.H. xvi. xxvi. 44.]
A genus of cycadaceous plants, natives of the tropical and sub-tropical parts of N. America, the W. Indies, and S. Africa, resembling dwarf palms, with fern-like leaves and oblong cones; a plant of this genus.
1819Lindley tr. Richard's Obs. Fruits & Seeds 74 The embryo of Zamia is reversed with regard to the pericarp, and occupies an axile cavity in a large endosperm. 1827Gard. Mag. II. 425 The Zamia is a palm with a large scaly protuberance above the surface. 1841G. Grey Jrnl. Two Exped. Discov. II. iii. 61 The native had..gone away to look for Zamia nuts. 1847Ansted Anc. World ix. 219 Zamias, cycadeæ, and such plants.
Hence zamioid |ˈzeɪmɪɔɪd| a., belonging to the genus Zamia or tribe Zamieæ.
1860J. Phillips Life on Earth 145 Stems and fronds of Zamioid and Cycadeoid plants. |