English-Thai Dictionary
zamia
N พืช พวก Zamia ใบ คล้าย ปาล์ม และ ลำต้น เป็น หัว ใต้ดิน
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ZAMIA
Za "mi *a, n. Etym: [L. zamia a kind of fir cone, from Gr. (Bot. )
Defn: A genus of cycadaceous plants, having the appearance of low palms, but with exogenous wood. See Coontie, and Illust. of Strobile.
New American Oxford Dictionary
zamia
za mi a |ˈzāmēə ˈzeɪmiə |(Austral. also zamia palm ) ▶noun an American or Australian cycad, some kinds of which produce roots or seeds that are edible after careful preparation. [Genera Zamia (of America ) and Macrozamia (of Australia ), family Zamiaceae. ] ORIGIN early 19th cent.: modern Latin, from zamiae, misreading (in Pliny ) of azaniae ‘pine cones. ’
Oxford Dictionary
zamia
zamia |ˈzeɪmɪə |(Austral. also zamia palm ) ▶noun an American or Australian cycad, some kinds of which produce roots or seeds that are edible after careful preparation. ●Genera Zamia (of America ) and Macrozamia (of Australia ), family Zamiaceae. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: modern Latin, from zamiae, misreading (in Pliny ) of azaniae ‘pine cones ’.
Duden Dictionary
Zamia
Za mia Substantiv, feminin Botanik , die Zamie |Z a mia |die Zamia; Genitiv: der Zamia, Plural: die Zamien gedeutet als Entstellung aus lateinisch azaniae (nuces ) = zu lange am Baum gebliebene und daher sich von selbst spaltende Piniennüsse amerikanischer Zapfenpalmfarn
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