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Definition of: zamia
(zā′mē·ə) noun
Any of a genus (Zamia) of palmlike trees and low shrubs of the cycad family, having unbranched stems terminating in a tuft of thick, pinnate, often spiny-edged leaves. [<NL <LL zamiae, misreading of L (nuces) azaniae pine (nuts)]
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