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Meanings of genus cycas in English

Portuguese
cicadáceas
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cycas

Type genus of Cycadaceae: genus of widely distributed Old World evergreen tropical trees having pinnate leaves and columnar stems covered with persistent bases of old leaves.

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        Examples for "Cycas"
        Examples for "Cycas"
        1
        The Cycas disappeared as we receded from the river.
        Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia / From Moreton Ba...
        2
        Was it Cycas pectinata?
        Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2
        3
        We found here the carcase of a crocodile; and the skull of another was found near our camp at Cycas Creek.
        Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia / From Moreton Ba...
        4
        After the mangrove the most common trees round Keppel Bay are the eucalyptus and a species of Cycas bearing poisonous nuts.
        The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson / With the journal of her first ...
        5
        In all the genera, except Cycas itself, the female fructifications are likewise cones, each carpel bearing two ovules on its margin.
        Darwin and Modern Science
        Translations for genus cycas
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