- cycad - any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales; having unbranched stems with a crown of fernlike leaves
--1 is a kind of gymnosperm
--1 has particulars:sago palm, Cycas revoluta; zamia; ceratozamia; dioon; encephalartos; kaffir bread, Encephalartos caffer; macrozamia; burrawong, Macrozamia communis; burrawong, Macrozamia spiralis