CYCADACEAE
Dictionary entry overview: What does Cycadaceae mean? • CYCADACEAE (noun)
The noun CYCADACEAE has 1 sense:
1. ancient palmlike plants closely related to ferns in that fertilization is by means of spermatozoids
Familiarity information: CYCADACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CYCADACEAE (noun)
Meaning:
Ancient palmlike plants closely related to ferns in that fertilization is by means of spermatozoids
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
cycad family; Cycadaceae; family Cycadaceae
Hypernyms ("Cycadaceae" is a kind of...):
gymnosperm family (a family of gymnosperms)
Meronyms (members of "Cycadaceae"):
Cycas; genus 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)
Holonyms ("Cycadaceae" 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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