genus Cycas

Definitions of genus Cycas
  1. 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
    synonyms: Cycas
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    type of:
    gymnosperm genus
    a genus of gymnosperms
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