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; cycad

Example Sentences

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

He broke the stem of the cycas, which was composed of a glandular tissue containing a certain quantity of farinaceous flour, traversed by ligneous fibres and separated by concentric rings of the same substance.

From The Mysterious Island by White, Stephen W.

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

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

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