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单词 cycad
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cycadn.

Brit. /ˈsʌɪkad/, /ˈsʌɪkəd/, U.S. /ˈsaɪkəd/, /ˈsaɪˌkæd/
Etymology: < modern Latin generic name Cycas, -adis, < supposed Greek κύκας found in old editions of Theophrastus, but now known to be a scribal error for κόϊκας accusative plural of κόϊξ, the Egyptian doum-palm: see Liddell and Scott.
Botany.
A plant of the genus Cycas which gives its name to the Cycadaceæ, a family of Gymnosperms, related to the Conifers, but in appearance resembling palms, and having affinity with tree-ferns.
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Zamia1819
cycad1845
palm fern1876
Hottentot's head1884
1845 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom (1853) 224 The near relation of conifers and cycads.
1883 Sunday Mag. 547/1 Her Majesty planted in the gardens..a splendid Chinese cycad.
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