Pronunciation: s ī - ' ka-d ē - ˌ o ̇ id
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin Cycadeoidales, group name, ultimately from Cycad-, Cycas
Date: 1860
: any of a division (Cycadeoidophyta syn. Bennettitophyta) of extinct Jurassic to Cretaceous gymnosperms that differ from the cycadophytes chiefly in having the reproductive organs on the trunk embedded in a thick covering of bracts and scales