zamia

/ˈzeɪmiə/

Other forms: zamias

Definitions of zamia

1. noun

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

   Florida arrowroot, Seminole bread, Zamia pumila, coontie

   small tough woody zamia of Florida and West Indies and Cuba; roots and half-buried stems yield an arrowroot

   type of:

   cycad

   any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales; having unbranched stems with a crown of fernlike leaves