ENCEPHALARTOS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does encephalartos mean? 

• ENCEPHALARTOS (noun)
  The noun ENCEPHALARTOS has 1 sense:

1. any of numerous cycads of the genus Encephalartos having stout cylindrical trunks and a terminal crown of long often spiny pinnate leaves

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENCEPHALARTOS (noun)

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Meaning:

Any of numerous cycads of the genus Encephalartos having stout cylindrical trunks and a terminal crown of long often spiny pinnate leaves

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Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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

genus Encephalartos (genus of arborescent African cycads; sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae)