CYCADACEOUS

Etymology

Adjective

cycadaceous (comparative more cycadaceous, superlative most cycadaceous)

(botany) Relating to, or resembling, the Cycadaceae, a family of plants like the palms but with exogenous wood.

Source: Wiktionary


Cyc`a*da"ceous (sk`-d"shs or s`k-), a. (Bot.)

Definition: Pertaining to, or resembling, an order of plants like the palms, but having exogenous wood. The sago palm is an example.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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INTUITIVELY

(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”


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