cycad in English

noun
1
a palmlike plant of tropical and subtropical regions, bearing large male or female cones. Cycads were abundant during the Triassic and Jurassic eras, but have since been in decline.
Modern cycads are tropical plants whose ancestors can be traced in the fossil record for about 300 million years.

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1. Macrozamia communis or Burrawang, a cycad of the family Zamiaceae at Batemans Bay, New South Wales, Australia.

2. The Cycad Society (TCS) is dedicated to the conservation of Cycads through the promotion of education and scientific research.

3. "'The Cycads' is a book that once you own, you will not be able to put down--time and time again." -- Bart Schutzman, The Cycad Newsletter, June 2002 It is a must have for any cycad enthusiast.West Coast Cyad Society, July 18, 2002

4. Cycads for sale include Cycad plant species include Bowenia, Ceratozamia, Cycas, Dioon, Encephalartos, Lepidozamia, Macrozamia, Zamia, and Stangeria

5. If you plan to export Cycads or cycad seeds, we sell them with the understanding that you will obtain the necessary permits.

6. Browse pictures and read growth / cultivation information about Cycad Species, Burrawang, Burrawong (Macrozamia communis) supplied by member gardeners in the PlantFiles database at Dave's Garden.

7. Comer reasoned that, because cycads were primitive plants, the primitive angiosperms should resemble them, and selected the pachycaul papaya (Carica), to serve as his primitive, cycad-like Angiospermal archetype

8. Cycad plants are hardy, evergreen gymnosperms (cone-bearing plants) that grow in sand or hard rock. Cycads are dioecious plants; there are separate male and female plants

9. 28 Cycad Leaf - A healthy essential food which supplies PLEO rb its daily needs. The taste is different from the Conifer Leaf and can also be used as daily food for PLEO rb.

10. This site hosts the official online edition of The World List of Cycads, a comprehensive compilation of cycad names including accepted names, synonyms, illegitimate names, nomina dubia, and invalidly published names.

11. According to the IUCN – World Conservation Union’s Cycad Specialist Group, Cycads represent one of the most threatened plant groups in the world.More than half of the currently accepted 359 species are threatened or endangered

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13. A cycad is a tropical palmlike evergreen plant. Cycads flourished especially during the Jurassic and are represented by four surviving families. Cycads have crowns of large, feathery compound leaves and cones at the ends of their branches