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encephalartos

Definitions of encephalartos
  1. noun
    any of numerous cycads of the genus Encephalartos having stout cylindrical trunks and a terminal crown of long often spiny pinnate leaves
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    cycad
    any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales; having unbranched stems with a crown of fernlike leaves
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