CYCAS REVOLUTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cycas revoluta mean? 

• CYCAS REVOLUTA (noun)
  The noun CYCAS REVOLUTA has 1 sense:

1. dwarf palmlike cycad of Japan that yields sago

  Familiarity information: CYCAS REVOLUTA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYCAS REVOLUTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dwarf palmlike cycad of Japan that yields sago

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cycas revoluta; sago palm

Hypernyms ("Cycas revoluta" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (substance of "Cycas revoluta"):

jaggary; jaggery; jagghery (unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Cycas revoluta"):

Cycas circinalis; false sago; fern palm (southeastern Indian cycad with palmlike foliage)