cycas

American  

[sahy-kas, -kuhs] / ˈsaɪ kæs, -kəs /

noun

1. any of several palmlike Old World tropical plants of the genus Cycas, some species of which are cultivated as ornamentals in warm climates.

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Etymology

Origin of cycas

From New Latin; see origin at cycad

Example Sentences

The next day the settlers went to collect some, and returned to Granite House with an ample supply of cycas stems.

From The Mysterious Island by Verne, Jules

The next day the settlers went to collect some and returned to Granite House with an ample supply of cycas stems.

From Abandoned by Verne, Jules

A conservatory built in the center of the building on the south side contained a very interesting collection of orchids, cycas, and some tree ferns from the Philippines.

From Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission by Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission

Posts from the indigenous trees with scantling poles cut from saplings of many kinds, and a thatch of cycas and other grasslike plants, which abounded on the summit.

From The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora by Reid, Mayne

The term is derived from κυκας, cycas, a name applied by the ancient Greek naturalist Threophrastus to a palm.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir