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Definition of Zamia

Zamia
Zamia a"mi*a, n. [L. zamia a kind of fir cone, from Gr. ?, ?, hurt, damage. See Plin. xvi. 44.] (Bot.) A genus of cycadaceous plants, having the appearance of low palms, but with exogenous wood. See Coontie, and Illust. of Strobile.

Meaning of Zamia from wikipedia

- Zamia is a genus of cycad of the family Zamiaceae, native to North America from the United States (in Georgia and Florida) throughout the West Indies...
- Zamia integrifolia, also known as coontie, is a small, tough, woody cycad native to the southeastern United States (in Florida and formerly in Georgia)...
- Zamia furfuracea is a species of cycad endemic to southeastern Veracruz state in eastern Mexico. Although not a palm tree (Arecaceae), its growth habit...
- Zamia purpurea is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to Mexico, where it occurs only in the states of Oaxaca and Veracruz. It grows...
- ecological niches, but have evolved both parasites (Parasitaxus), epiphytes (Zamia pseudoparasitica) and rheophytes (Retrophyllum minus). Conifers are by far...
- plants, traditionally Maranta arundinacea, but also Florida arrowroot from Zamia integrifolia, and tapioca from c****ava (Manihot esculenta), which is often...
- Zamia splendens is a species of cycad plant in the family Zamiaceae found in tropical rainforests in southern Mexico. Described in 1984, it was later...
- Zamia staggers is a fatal nervous disease affecting cattle, in areas where they browse on the leaves or cones of cycads. It is named after the cycad genus...
- Zamia urep is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to Yuyapichis District (also spelled Llullapichis), Pachitea Province, Huanuco...
- Zamia erosa (also, Marunguay) is a species of cycad native to the Caribbean islands of Jamaica, Cuba, and Puerto Rico, described by Orator Fuller Cook...