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Cycas

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Cy´cas    (s?´k?s)
n.1.(Bot.) A genus of trees, intermediate in character between the palms and the pines. The pith of the trunk of some species furnishes a valuable kind of sago.
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Noun1.CycasCycas - 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
genus Cycas
gymnosperm genus - a genus of gymnosperms
cycad family, Cycadaceae, family Cycadaceae - ancient palmlike plants closely related to ferns in that fertilization is by means of spermatozoids
Cycas circinalis, false sago, fern palm - southeastern Indian cycad with palmlike foliage


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In the Asian garden, which is part of the shady area, there are orchids, Japanese maples and sago palms, which actually are not palm trees or ferns, says Houck's assistant Brenda Kanno, but an evergreen also known as a cycas.
HOW GREEN IS OUR VALLEY CSUN BOTANIC GARDEN BRINGS BEAUTIFUL ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
A Beverly Hills man gave a 6-foot Cycas Revoluta sago palm tree worth $3,000 to a county park.
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