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ZAMIACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A family of cycads often included in the family Cycadaceae: zamias

Synonyms:

family Zamiaceae; zamia family; Zamiaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Zamiaceae" is a kind of...):

gymnosperm family (a family of gymnosperms)

Meronyms (members of "Zamiaceae"):

genus Zamia (genus of small evergreen tropical and subtropical American cycads)

genus Ceratozamia (small genus of Mexican cycads; sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae)

genus Dioon (small genus of arborescent cycads of Mexico and Central America; sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae)

genus Encephalartos (genus of arborescent African cycads; sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae)

genus Macrozamia (genus of large evergreen Australian cycads; sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae)

Holonyms ("Zamiaceae" 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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