Zamia meaning

zāmē-ə
Any of a genus (Zamia) of cycads growing in Florida and tropical regions, having a short, thick trunk, pinnately compound, palmlike leaves, and short, thick cones.
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Any of various chiefly tropical American cycads of the genus Zamia, having a thick, usually underground stem, palmlike terminal leaves, and seeds borne in woody cones.
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Any of various cycads of the genus Zamia.
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Coontie, sago zamia, Jamaica sago tree, Zamia pumila - type species.
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A taxonomic genus within the family Zamiaceae "” deciduous palm-like cycads.
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Origin of zamia

  • New Latin Zamia genus name from misreading of (nūcēs) azāniae pine cone (nuts) probably from Greek azainein to dry up from azein to dry as- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the genus name Zamia.

    From Wiktionary

Zamia Sentence Examples

  • Amongst Cycads, Zamia is confined to the New World, and amongst Conifers, Araucaria, limited to the southern hemisphere, has scarcely less antiquity; Pinus reaches as far south as Cuba and Nicaragua.

  • - Like Zamia, except that the ends of the stamens are flat, while the apices of the carpels are peltate.

  • The long, parallel-veined leaves of the Cordaiteae, which were commonly referred to Monocotyledons before their structure or connexion with other parts of the plant was known, have been shown by Renault to have essentially the same anatomy as a single leaflet of a Cycad such as Zamia.

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