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GENUS DIOON
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small genus of arborescent cycads of Mexico and Central America; sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Dioon" is a kind of...):
gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)
Meronyms (members of "genus Dioon"):
dioon (any cycad of the genus Dioon; handsome palmlike cycads with robust crowns of leaves and rugged trunks)
Holonyms ("genus Dioon" is a member of...):
family Zamiaceae; zamia family; Zamiaceae (a family of cycads often included in the family Cycadaceae: zamias)