Definition of Cycads. Meaning of Cycads. Synonyms of Cycads

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Definition of Cycads

Cycad
Cycad Cy"cad (s[imac]"k[a^]d), n. (Bot.) Any plant of the natural order Cycadace[ae], as the sago palm, etc.

Meaning of Cycads from wikipedia

- fertilization arrangements. Cycads have very specialized pollinators, usually a specific species of beetle. Both male and female cycads bear cones (strobili)...
- Lebombo cycad is the common name for two closely related species of cycads native to the Lebombo Mountains: Encephalartos lebomboensis Encephalartos senticosus...
- Extracting edible starch from the sago cycad requires special care due to the poisonous nature of cycads. Cycad sago is used for many of the same purposes...
- from this and other cycads. It is a less-common food source for some peoples of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Unlike palms, cycads are highly poisonous:...
- the only genus of cycad found across the region, with the exception for Australia, where cycads native to all three families of cycads are found. Despite...
- be "true palms" in the family Arecaceae, or cycads with a palm-like appearance. Sago produced from cycads must be detoxified before consumption. Plants...
- 270 million years ago. The closest living relatives of the clade are the cycads, which share with the extant G. biloba the characteristic of motile sperm...
- Pollination is done by certain insects, namely the cycad weevil Rhopalotria mollis. Cardboard cycads can only be reproduced by the fleshy, brightly crimson-colored...
- Wildlife". Retrieved 7 September 2010. Czech Cycads: Cycads in Ireland: http://www.cykasy.cz/English/Cycads_in_Ireland.html, retrieved 20 September 2010...
- covering which surrounds the seeds in flowering plants, that include conifers, cycads, Ginkgo, and gnetophytes, forming the clade Gymno****e The term gymnosperm...