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genus of Cycadaceae: genus of widely distributed Old World evergreen tropical trees having pinnate leaves and columnar stems covered with persistent bases of old leaves

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.

A plant genus of the family Cycadaceae, order Cycadales, class Cycadopsida, division Cycadophyta. They are palm-like trees. It is a source of cycasin, the beta-D-glucoside of methylazoxymethanol.