Cycas

[saikәs]

Definition

(noun.) 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.

Edited by Elise--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

Typist: Ted