जीनस जामिया के विभिन्न साइक्स में से कोई भी; सबसे छोटे और सबसे सरदार cycads के बीच

zamia's Usage Examples:

- Stems tuberous or columnar, not infrequently branched, rarely epiphytic (Peruvian species of Zamia); fronds pinnate, bi-pinnate in the Australian genus Bowenia.

4.Spermatozoid and Fertiliza- Phanerogarns the male tion in Zamia.

(1900); Webber, " Development of the Antherozoids of Zamia," Bot.

xxiv.; Webber, The Development of the Antherozoids of Zamia, Bot.

.;.:~~: cilia are grouped along .~ the cytoplasmic anterior D portion of the spiral In Zamia (fig 4 A), Cycas and Ginkgo they consist of large spherical or oval cells with a coiled band of cilia at one end, and ~ ~ a large nucleus which nearly fills the cell They are carried by the pollen tube to the apex of the prothallus, where they are extruded, and by means of their ciba swim through a small quantity .D of liquid, contained in a slight depression to the oosphere.

The long, parallel-veined leaves of the Cordaiteae, which were commonly referred to Monocotyledons before their structure or connexion with other parts of the plant was known, have been shown by Renault to have essentially the same anatomy as a single leaflet of a Cycad such as Zamia.

- Zamia.

- Like Zamia, except that the ends of the stamens are flat, while the apices of the carpels are peltate.

Zamia (South America, Florida, 'c.).

Amongst Cycads, Zamia is confined to the New World, and amongst Conifers, Araucaria, limited to the southern hemisphere, has scarcely less antiquity; Pinus reaches as far south as Cuba and Nicaragua.

zamia's Meaning':

any of various cycads of the genus Zamia; among the smallest and most verdant cycads