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zamia

/zey-mee-uh/US // ˈzeɪ mi ə //UK // (ˈzeɪmɪə) //

扎米亚,扎西娅

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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.