'Cycas' definitions:
Definition of 'Cycas'
From: WordNet
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 [syn: Cycas, genus Cycas]
Definition of 'Cycas'
From: GCIDE
- Cycas \Cy"cas\ (s?"k?s), n. [Of uncertain origin. Linn[ae]us derives it from one of the "obscure Greek words."] (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. [1913 Webster]