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zamia

/ˈzeɪmi.ə/

zamia noun: any of various cycads of the genera Zamia and Macrozamia.

zamia: any of various cycads of the genera Zamia and Macrozamia
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Noun

zamia (plural zamias)

  1. Any of various cycads of the genera Zamia and Macrozamia
    • It was, in fact, the starchy stems that in some cases led to depletion of wild zamias in some regions of Florida.1997, Knut Norstog, Trevor J. Nicholls, The Biology of the Cycads, page 19

Forms of zamia

pluralzamias

Origin of zamia

From the genus name Zamia.

Words formed from zamia

Questions about zamia

What does zamia mean?
Zamia means any of various cycads of the genera Zamia and Macrozamia.
What part of speech is zamia?
Zamia is a noun.
How do you pronounce zamia?
Zamia is pronounced /ˈzeɪmi.ə/.
What is the plural of zamia?
The plural of zamia is zamias.

Words near zamia in the dictionary

  1. zamburaks
  2. Zamenhof
  3. Zamenhofian
  4. Zamfara
  5. zami
  6. zamia
  7. zamia staggers
  8. zamiaceous
  9. zamias
  10. Zamiatin
  11. zamifenacin

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