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ZAMIA FAMILY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does zamia family mean?
• ZAMIA FAMILY (noun)
The noun ZAMIA FAMILY has 1 sense:
1. a family of cycads often included in the family Cycadaceae: zamias
Familiarity information: ZAMIA FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of cycads often included in the family Cycadaceae: zamias
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
family Zamiaceae; zamia family; Zamiaceae
Hypernyms ("zamia family" is a kind of...):
gymnosperm family (a family of gymnosperms)
Meronyms (members of "zamia family"):
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 ("zamia family" 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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