zamia
/zey-mee-uh/US // ˈzeɪ mi ə //UK // (ˈzeɪmɪə) //
扎米亚,扎西娅
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any of various plants of the genus Zamia, chiefly of tropical and subtropical America, having a short, tuberous stem and a crown of palmlike pinnate leaves.
Examples
What I call the umbrella palm, but what they call here the cabbage palm—a sort of Zamia alsophila—grew abundantly in groups.
And so, provisionally at least, this Helmsdale Zamia may be regarded as specifically new.
Kaiber here brought in some of the nuts of the Zamia tree; they were dry and therefore in a fit state to eat.
On passing the last, the party emerged on to poorly grassed, desolate-looking sandstone ridges, covered with grass-tree and zamia.
Many of the plants speak the same language—especially the Zamia.
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