Cycad

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Cycadaceae cycas family

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Stangeriaceae stangeria family

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Zamiaceae zamia family

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Cycads are an ancient group of seed plants characterized by a large crown of compound leaves and a stout trunk. They are evergreen, gymnospermous, dioecious plants having large pinnately compound leaves. They are frequently confused with and mistaken for palms or ferns, but are unrelated to either, belonging to the division Cycadophyta.

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Seed: A seed is the ripened ovule of gymnosperm or angiosperm plants. The importance of the seed relative to more primitive forms of reproduction and dispersal is attested to by the success of these two groups of plants in dominating the landscape....

Plants: (Productive Location Ally on Nexus Technology), these extremely large hourglass -shaped space colonies house the Coordinator population, in the fictional anime Gundam Seed. Located at (L5), over about 120 were constructed; 10 are divided into twelve sectors of "cities", named after the months of the...

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Cycad related Images and Photos (experimental)

Cycad Female Cone (Cycas Revoluta)