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zamia

English

Etymology

From the genus name Zamia

Noun

zamia (plural zamias)

  1. Any of various cycads of the genera Zamia and Macrozamia

Hyponyms

  • coontie, sago zamia, Jamaica sago tree, Zamia pumila - type species

Derived terms

  • zamia staggers

Further reading

  • zamia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • zamia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • zamia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

French

Noun

zamia m (plural zamias)

  1. zamia (cycad)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (z?mía, loss, damage), through Doric.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /?za?.mi.a/, [?d??z?ä?miä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?d?za.mi.a/, [?d??z???mi?]

Noun

z?mia f (genitive z?miae); first declension

  1. hurt, injury, damage, loss

Declension

First-declension noun.

Synonyms

  • (damage): calamit?s, damnum, d?tr?mentum, iact?ra, intertr?mentum

Antonyms

  • (loss): capt?ra, faenus quaestus

References

  • zamia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • zamia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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zamite

English

Etymology

Zamia +? -ite

Noun

zamite (plural zamites)

  1. (archaic) A fossil cycad of the genus Zamia.

Anagrams

  • -tiazem, zaimet, ziamet

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