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CERATOZAMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ceratozamia mean? 

CERATOZAMIA (noun)
  The noun CERATOZAMIA has 1 sense:

1. a small cycad of the genus Ceratozamia having a short scaly woody trunk and fernlike foliage and woody cones; Mexicoplay

  Familiarity information: CERATOZAMIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CERATOZAMIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A small cycad of the genus Ceratozamia having a short scaly woody trunk and fernlike foliage and woody cones; Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("ceratozamia" is a kind of...):

cycad (any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales; having unbranched stems with a crown of fernlike leaves)

Holonyms ("ceratozamia" is a member of...):

genus Ceratozamia (small genus of Mexican cycads; sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae)


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