Dioön

noun

Di·​oön

dīˈōˌän

: a genus of plants (family Cycadaceae) having a somewhat conical trunk crowned by a large tuft of pinnate leaves with spine-tipped pinnae

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from di- + -oön (from Greek ōion egg)

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