Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Zamia

Zamia , noun

[Latin zamia a kind of fir cone, from Greek {not transcribed}, {not transcribed}, hurt, damage. See Plin. xvi. 44.]

(Botany) A genus of cycadaceous plants, having the appearance of low palms, but with exogenous wood. See Coontie, and Illust. of Strobile.