Meanings
nounzamia (plural zamias)
plural zamias
- Any of various cycads of the genera Zamia and Macrozamia
It was, in fact, the starchy stems that in some cases led to depletion of wild zamias in some regions of Florida.
1997, Knut Norstog, Trevor J. Nicholls, The Biology of the Cycads, page 19
Origin
From the genus name Zamia.
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