1845, Modern Latin, from Greek kykas, a word found in Theophrastus, but now thought to be a scribal error for koikas "palm trees," accusative plural of koix, a word from an unknown non-Greek language.
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1. South African cycad ; the farinaceous pith of the fruit used as food.
南非蘇鐵; 含淀粉的果實可以作為食物.
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2. A green park, it is the lungs of Nanning, the biggest cycad garden around the world.
林木青翠, 是“南寧市的局肺”, 有世界上最大的蘇鐵園.
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3. Two important aboriginal foods are the fruit of the cycad palm, and a large nutritious yam.