||Za"mi*a (?), n. [L. zamia a
kind of fir cone, from Gr. &?;, &?;, hurt, damage. See Plin. xvi.
44.] (Bot.) A genus of cycadaceous plants, having the
appearance of low palms, but with exogenous wood. See Coontie,
and Illust. of Strobile.
||Za"mi*a (?), n. [L. zamia a
kind of fir cone, from Gr. &?;, &?;, hurt, damage. See Plin. xvi.
44.] (Bot.) A genus of cycadaceous plants, having the
appearance of low palms, but with exogenous wood. See Coontie,
and Illust. of Strobile.