| Noun | 1. | zamia family - a family of cycads often included in the family Cycadaceae: zamias gymnosperm family - a family of gymnosperms Cycadales, order Cycadales - primitive tropical gymnosperms abundant in the Mesozoic, now reduced to a few scattered tropical forms 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 |