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FAMILY ZAMIACEAE

Dictionary entry overview: What does family Zamiaceae mean?

• FAMILY ZAMIACEAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY ZAMIACEAE has 1 sense:

1. a family of cycads often included in the family Cycadaceae: zamias

Familiarity information: FAMILY ZAMIACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FAMILY ZAMIACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A family of cycads often included in the family Cycadaceae: zamias

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Zamiaceae; zamia family; Zamiaceae

Hypernyms ("family Zamiaceae" is a kind of...):

gymnosperm family (a family of gymnosperms)

Meronyms (members of "family Zamiaceae"):

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 ("family Zamiaceae" 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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