zamia

Any of various chiefly tropical American cycads of the genus Zamia, having a thick, usually underground stem, palmlike terminal leaves, and seeds borne in woody cones.

A genus of gymnospermous plants, of the order Cycadaceæ, type of the tribe Zamieæ.

[l. c] A plant of this genus.

A genus of cycadaceous plants, having the appearance of low palms, but with exogenous wood. See coontie, and Illust. of strobile.

Any of various cycads of the genus Zamia

any of various cycads of the genus Zamia; among the smallest and most verdant cycads