Found 2 items, similar to cycas.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Cycas Cycas n : type 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 [syn: genus Cycas]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Cycas Cycas \Cy"cas\ (s?"k?s), n. [Of uncertain origin. Linn[ae]us derives it from one of the “obscure Greek words.”] (Bot.) 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. [1913 Webster]