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GENUS ZAMIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Zamia mean?
• GENUS ZAMIA (noun)
The noun GENUS ZAMIA has 1 sense:
1. genus of small evergreen tropical and subtropical American cycads
Familiarity information: GENUS ZAMIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of small evergreen tropical and subtropical American cycads
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Zamia" is a kind of...):
gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)
Meronyms (members of "genus Zamia"):
zamia (any of various cycads of the genus Zamia; among the smallest and most verdant cycads)
Holonyms ("genus Zamia" is a member of...):
family Zamiaceae; zamia family; Zamiaceae (a family of cycads often included in the family Cycadaceae: zamias)
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