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Definition of CYCAS

Cycas
Cycas Cy"cas (s?"k?s), n. [Of uncertain origin. Linn[ae]us derives it from one of the ``obscure Greek words.'] (Bot.) A genus of trees, intermediate in character between the palms and the pines. The pith of the trunk of some species furnishes a valuable kind of sago.

Meaning of CYCAS from wikipedia

- The genus Cycas is native to parts of Asia, eastern Africa and Oceania. Cycas has the widest distribution of any genus of cycad. In Asia, Cycas (and therefore...
- Cycas revoluta (Sotetsu [****anese ソテツ], sago palm, king sago, sago cycad, ****anese sago palm) is a species of gymnosperm in the family Cycadaceae, native...
- Cycas circinalis, also known as the queen sago, is a species of cycad known in the wild only from southern India. Cycas circinalis is the only gymnosperm...
- Cycas seemannii is a species of cycad found in Fiji, Vanuatu (in Efate), Tonga, and New Caledonia. In Vanuatu, the cycad is known as namele and is an...
- ectomycorrhiza fungal ****ociations with roots (Pinus), while in some others (Cycas) small specialised roots called coralloid roots are ****ociated with nitrogen-fixing...
- Cycas rumphii, commonly known as queen sago or the queen sago palm, is a dioecious gymnosperm, a species of cycad in the genus Cycas native to Indonesia...
- compound. The Australian genus Bowenia and some Asian species of Cycas, like Cycas multipinnata, C. micholitzii and C. debaoensis, have leaves that are...
- Cycas zeylanica, common name (in Sri Lanka) maha-madu is a plant apparently at present endemic to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It was formerly also...
- Cycas montana is a species of cycad endemic to Flores, Indonesia. Its type locality is Wae Moto village, Ndara, Nggoang district, Manggarai province,...
- Cycas petraea is a species of cycad endemic to Thailand. It is known only from a single line of limestone mountains flanking the Phu Kra Dueng m****if...