Cycas

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]