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单词 cycad
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
cy•cad  (sīkad),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologyany gymnospermous plant of the order Cycadales, intermediate in appearance between ferns and the palms, many species having a thick, unbranched, columnar trunk bearing a crown of large, leathery, pinnate leaves.
  • Greek kýkas, misspelling of kóïkas, accusative plural of kóïx kind of palm
  • Neo-Latin Cycad- (stem of Cycas) genus name
  • 1835–45
cycad•like′, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
cycad /ˈsaɪkæd/ n
  1. any tropical or subtropical gymnosperm plant of the phylum Cycadophyta, having an unbranched stem with fernlike leaves crowded at the top
Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin Cycas name of genus, from Greek kukas, scribe's error for koïkas, from koïx a kind of palm, probably of Egyptian origin

ˌcycaˈdaceous adj
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