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Webster 1913 Edition


Cycas

Cy′cas

(s?′k?s)
,
Noun.
[Of uncertain origin. Linnæus 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.

Definition 2024


cycaś

cycaś

See also: cycas and Cycas

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

  • zyzasch (obsolete).

Verb

cycaś impf

  1. to suck (use the mouth to pull in)

Conjugation

Derived terms