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n. - Ancient palmlike plants closely related to ferns in that fertilization is by means of spermatozoids.

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  • Yet the noble Cycadaceae and screw-pines, thirty or forty feet high, the elegant tree ferns, the lofty palms, and the variety of beautiful and curious plants which...
  • Cycadaceae, supposed power to withstand excess of CO2.
  • Cycadaceae and screw-pines, thirty or forty feet high, the elegant tree ferns, the lofty palms, and the variety of beautiful and curious plants which everywhere meet the...
  • The allied family of gymnosperms, the Cycadaceae, first appear in the Carboniferous era, but very scantily; are most abundant in the Oolite, from which formation 116...
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