zamia

/ˈzeɪmiə/
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Other forms: zamias

Definitions of zamia
  1. noun
    any of various cycads of the genus Zamia; among the smallest and most verdant cycads
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    types:
    Florida arrowroot, Seminole bread, Zamia pumila, coontie
    small tough woody zamia of Florida and West Indies and Cuba; roots and half-buried stems yield an arrowroot
    type of:
    cycad
    any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales; having unbranched stems with a crown of fernlike leaves
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