dioon

English Thesaurus

1. any cycad of the genus Dioon; handsome palmlike cycads with robust crowns of leaves and rugged trunks (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	cycad,
definition	:	any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales; having unbranched stems with a crown of fernlike leaves (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus dioon,
definition	:	small genus of arborescent cycads of Mexico and Central America; sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae (noun.plant)