Cy·cas n. 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.
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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]