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cycad
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cy·cad
/ ˈsīkəd; ˈsīˌkad/
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a palmlike plant (genus Cycas and other genera, family Cycadaceae) of tropical and subtropical regions, bearing large male or female cones.
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Cycads: from the upper Jurassic and lower cretaceous rocks of Southeastern Utah.
Magazine article from: Rocks & Minerals; 11/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...literature that most cycad fossil plants differ...living fossil" cycads of today, even though...textures of fossil cycads have been interesting...evidence of fossil cycad collecting was a...Corner states produce cycads). Figure 2 shows...where we confirmed cycad occurrences in the...
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CYCAD THIEVES THREATEN SPECIES.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Saturday Star (South Africa); 3/8/2008; 700+ words
; ...Conservation Union's cycad specialist group...makes value in cycads is rarity, popularity...1m-high rare cycad can sell for R100 000 or more. Cycads are plant dinosaurs...just finished our cycad assessment and the four extinct cycads are all in Southern...
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New discoveries of cycads and advancement of conservation of cycads in China.
Magazine article from: The Botanical Review; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...herbarium studies of cycads in China were made...1990s. The main cycad expeditions were...decline of native cycads in China has been...populations in some cycad reserves have declined...hongheensis, and other cycads in southeastern Yunnan...But protection of cycad diversity is far...
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The world list of cycads.
Magazine article from: The Botanical Review; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Appendix I: Useful Cycad References II. Introduction...first "World List of Cycads" was published in Encephalartos (Journal of the Cycad Society of South Africa...Heibloem, P. 1999. Cycads of Central Africa. Publication Fund, Palm & Cycad Societies of Australia...
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Molecular systematic studies in cycads: evidence from trnL intron and ITS2 rDNA sequences.
Magazine article from: The Botanical Review; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...to the Other Genera of Cycads B. Dioon Is Relatively...center for the study of cycad biology. The extensive collections of cycads at Fairchild Tropical...resolve the phylogeny of cycad genera more precisely...formal classification of cycads proposed by Stevenson...
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Cycad toxicosis in dogs
Magazine article from: Veterinary Medicine; 5/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...referred to as sago palms, cycads are hardy evergreen yard plants...available all over the world.2 Cycads, such as Zamia floridana...dominated in the Mesozoic era. Cycad leaves are one-pinnately divided...elongated and do not produce seeds. Cycad toxicosis has been described...
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Is it a fern? Is it a palm? It's the super cycad!...
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 7/11/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...their leaves. The cycad resembles a palm...get complicated. Cycads bear cones, and...plants, such as the cycads, developed a clever...distribution, the cycad raises the temperature...A relative of the cycad (Encephalartos...The growth habit of cycads is such that after...
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Cycad Endures Dry Spell for Technology.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 10/8/2002; 700+ words
; ...COMTEX) Private equity conditions abysmal' CYCAD Financial Holdings posted 49c a share headline...share price had lost 60% of its value, Cycad recorded headline losses of 49c a share...The "unfortunate positioning" reflects Cycad's position as SA's only listed private...
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'Same time poison, same time good tucker': the cycad palm in the South West Gulf of Carpentaria.(Consumption)
Magazine article from: Journal of Australian Studies; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; The use of cycad fruit as a dietary staple...have used various species of cycads as a food source for many...Much of the research on cycad use has been done in Northeast...knowledge and historical use of cycad food in the southwest Gulf...
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A biotechnology strategy for medium- and long-term conservation of cycads.
Magazine article from: The Botanical Review; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Conservation strategies for cycads have focused on the...adequate protection for cycad genetic resources...have urged that cycad conservation could...availability of rare cycads by developing more...regeneration pathways for cycads have been recognized...the descriptions of cycad ...
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Cycads
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...x201C; However, cycads are only distantly related...is superficial. Many cycad species are shrub-sized...tall at maturity. The cycads typically have an unbranched...the stem of another cycad, Cycas circinalis...Sago flour. However, cycads are of little economic...
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cycad
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
cycad , any plant of the order Cycadales...subtropical palmlike evergreens. The cycads, ginkgoes , and conifers comprise...see cone and plant ). The cycads first appeared in the Permian...very restricted areas. Many cycads (e.g., the fern palm of...
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Chamberlain, Charles Joseph
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...observing all of the oriental cycads during this journey...to Cuba. The Living Cycad is an account of these...expeditions to study the cycads. While collecting plant...1932). The Living Cycad (Chicago, 1919) recounts...x201C; The Living Cycads and the Phylogeny of...
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Gymnosperms
Book article from: Biology
...consist of four major, related groups: conifers, cycads, ginkgo, and gnetophytes. Conifers With approximately...ecologically important, widespread group ever since then. Cycads The 220 species of cycads are widely distributed through the tropical and...
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Seed Ferns
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...modern gymnosperms, such as conifers and cycads, which bear their seeds in cones, which...ultrastructural features similar to those of cycads, a small group of gymnosperms currently...seed of seed ferns was similar to that of cycads. Thus, many botanists believe that the...
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