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CYCAD FAMILY

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Meaning:

Ancient palmlike plants closely related to ferns in that fertilization is by means of spermatozoids

Synonyms:

cycad family; Cycadaceae; family Cycadaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("cycad family" is a kind of...):

gymnosperm family (a family of gymnosperms)

Meronyms (members of "cycad family"):

Cycas; genus Cycas (type genus of Cycadaceae: genus of widely distributed Old World evergreen tropical trees having pinnate leaves and columnar stems covered with persistent bases of old leaves)

Holonyms ("cycad family" is a member of...):

Cycadales; order Cycadales (primitive tropical gymnosperms abundant in the Mesozoic, now reduced to a few scattered tropical forms)

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